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Fed's Mester says rate cut unnecessary to offset virus risks

by AP Economics Writer
| February 24, 2020 3:05 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Federal Reserve official said Monday that she does not see a need to cut interest rates yet, even as worries about the viral outbreak that began in China caused global stock markets to plunge and some economists are penciling in a rate reduction by April.

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