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Chief economist update: Does the Fed lift or cut interest rates just for the heck of it?

BY BENJAMIN ONG | THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018 10:23AM

Recall recent Fedspeak about the US central bank being data dependent? Is it a headline story?

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