Washington Week with The Atlantic

The Fed takes aggressive action to prevent a recession

Season 2022 Episode 24 | 3m 33s

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percent. This was the central bank’s biggest rate hike since 1994, an aggressive step to try and control the rapid rise in inflation.

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