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	<title>Financial Standard Comments - And so this is Christmas, another year (almost) over</title>
	<description>The question going forward is what's the Fed going to do going forward. Some say it would ease raising interest rates while others think it's now close to "neutral" (whatever that neutral rate is).</description>
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	<copyright>Copyright 2026 Financial Standard</copyright>
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