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Fed’s Kaplan urges ‘slow, gradual, careful’ approach on rates

Global headwinds are undercutting the Federal Reserve's efforts to boost the U.S. economy, making low interest rates not nearly as stimulative as they were when the rest of the world economy was growing faster, a top Fed official said on Wednesday. A “slow, gradual, careful” approach to raising interest rates is therefore appropriate as the U.S. central bank deals with this new world of slower growth, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan said in a …

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Fed’s Kaplan urges ‘slow, gradual, careful’ approach on rates