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The Federal Reserve has raised the key US interest rate again and says more hikes are coming as it battles soaring prices -- an aggressive stance that has raised fears of a recession. It is the third consecutive increase of 0.75 percentage point by the Fed's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), continuing the forceful action to tamp down inflation that has surged to the highest in 40 years. SOUNDBITE
Governor Andrew Bailey announces that the Bank of England will raise interest rates by 0.5% to 1.75%, a hike unprecedented since the Bank gained independence in the 1990s, in a bid to tackle surging price rises. British inflation jumped to a four-decade high of 9.4 percent in June, worsening a cost-of-living crisis as workers' wages fail to keep pace. SOUNDBITE
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces a quarter-point increase in the benchmark interest rate to bring rising inflation under control, the first rate hike since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. SOUNDBITE
Fed Chair Jerome Powell announces a quarter-point raise in the US Federal Reserve's benchmark lending rate, "in order to attain a stance of monetary policy that is sufficiently restrictive to return inflation to two percent over time." SOUNDBITE
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announces a raise of the benchmark interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point, adding that the Fed expects ongoing rate increases "will be appropriate." It is the second straight 75 basis point increase, and the fourth rate hike this year. SOUNDBITE
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