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Federal Reserve policymakers Wednesday voted to keep the central bank’s benchmark interest rate near zero percent and offered no new hints of when it would enact the first hike since 2006.
The announcement alarmed left-leaning activists concerned about slow wage growth.
The Federal Reserve offered a slightly more upbeat assessment of the economy but provided little insight into when it will raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade.
The Federal Reserve offered a slightly more upbeat assessment of the economy but provided little insight into when it will raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time in nearly a decade.
Why it’s a mistake for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.
Why it’s a mistake for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this year.
Our economy has long been out of balance. Workers' efforts across the country create wealth, but the profits don't get to the working people who produce them.
Initial jobless claims fell last week to a seasonally adjusted 255,000 – the lowest level since 1973. But wages for those who have jobs are still stagnant.
The labor protest movement that fast-food workers in New York City began nearly three years ago has led to higher wages for workers all across the country. On Wednesday, it paid off for the people who started it.
