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US Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve is the United States' central bank. It's played a pivotal role in guiding the US through the global financial crisis through its low-interest monetary policy.

The Federal reserve is the guardian of financial stability in the US. This page collates recent DW content on the central bank's moves and decisions.

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US Federal Reserve holds rates steady, cuts economic growth forecast 21.03.2019

After a series of rises, the US central bank's policy meeting decided to hold interest rates in their current range. It also predicted a gloomier outlook for growth than that coming from Trump's White House.

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Inside Europe: Butter Week in Russia 08.03.2019

Temperatures in parts of Russia are still below freezing but this week, the country is celebrating the start of spring, with the traditional folk festival of Maslenitsa. The seven-day holiday is one of the country's best loved festivals, ending with the burning of a straw scarecrow as a symbol of sweeping away grudges. As Lucy Taylor reports, it is a week when you can be sure of being well-fed.

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India-Pakistan rivalry: Kashmiris pay a high price 27.02.2019

India and Pakistan continue to clash over Kashmir, a volatile Himalayan region that has been experiencing an armed insurgency for nearly three decades. Many Kashmiris are now fed up with both Islamabad and New Delhi.
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Living Planet: Green protesters alongside France's yellow vests 21.02.2019

France has been gripped by rolling protests in recent months. Not just by the so-called "gilets jaunes" or yellow vests, who demand economic justice, but also by citizens calling on the French government to step up the fight against climate change. French climate protestors are fed up with inaction on the part of their government, and they are taking to the streets to show it.

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DW Business – Europe & America 20.02.2019

Fed uncertain about future interest rate policy - Peru puts pressure on illegal gold miners

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Fed up with fly ash, India villagers fight back against power plants 13.02.2019

A mix of pulverized coal and toxic gases – known as fly ash – are polluting the air and water near power plants in southeast India. Villagers have decided to fight back. Karthikeyan Hemalatha reports from Chennai.

Will the Fed raise interest rates again? 30.01.2019

US Federal Reserve may hike interest rates again, influencing the whole world. Capital from emerging markets is migrating to the US. The currencies of the emerging markets are losing value.

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Inside Europe 24.01.2019 25.01.2019

Italy and France face-off over migrants - Contradictions at the World Economic Forum - Measles makes a deadly comeback in Romania – Celtic Connections and computer gaming take the stage - France and Germany strengthen ties - Why French mayors are fed up -Vienna's new food-free public transport – The fate of Jewish monuments in the Czech Republic - Technology assists the UK's homeless.

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Inside Europe: Why French mayors are fed up 25.01.2019

According to a recent poll in France, one in two of the country's mayors are dissatisfied with their job and considering standing down at the next municipal elections in eighteen months' time. Given that France has a rather astonishing 35,000 mayors, this is a large-scale problem. Our correspondent John Laurenson sent us this postcard from the village of Hermeray, with his thoughts on the matter.

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Counting the cost of the US government shutdown 12.01.2019

The partial closure of the US government has become the country's longest-ever shutdown. The Federal Reserve says its immediate impact on the economy is negligible, but an extended shutdown could prove a drag.
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DW Business – Europe 11.01.2019

Renault says no evidence Ghosn committed fraud - German industry demands tougher EU line on China - Powell: Fed can be 'patient' with rate hikes
Sudanesischer Präsident Omar al-Baschir

Anger over dictatorship, not bread, fueling Sudan uprising 29.12.2018

The protest wave sweeping across Sudan was never about bread; it is a nation fed up with a decades-old military dictatorship, say human rights activists and experts.
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Wall Street, Asian markets see dramatic rebound 27.12.2018

The Dow Jones and Nasdaq recorded their strongest daily gains in nearly a decade. Tokyo's Nikkei index also soared after the news of the recovery.
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Japan's Nikkei plunges after US economic turmoil 25.12.2018

The Tokyo stock index and other Asian markets tumbled over uncertainty in the US economy. President Donald Trump's tirade against the Federal Reserve has hit Wall Street hard.
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US markets fall as President Donald Trump hits out at Federal Reserve 24.12.2018

The president wrote that the Fed is "the only problem our economy has." Wall Street stocks plunged for a fourth straight session despite Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's efforts to reassure investors.
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DW Business – Europe 20.12.2018

Poverty becoming a national issue in Russia - Global markets dive after US Fed rates hike - Researchers say a third of vintage scotch is fake
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