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Warren Tells Fed Chair Powell to 'Cancel His Summer Vacation' and Cut Rates Now | Common Dreams

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren says Fed Chair Jerome Powell "made a serious mistake not cutting interest rates" Warren : "He's been warned over and over again that waiting too long risks driving the economy into a ditch" The central bank's policy-setting group opted to hold rates at 5.25% to 5.5% for the 12th consecutive month .

Warren and other Democratic lawmakers have blamed Fed policy for worsening the nation's housing crisis.

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