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The Fed cut its key interest rate by a quarter -point to about 4.6% , down from a four-decade high of 5.3% before September 's meeting.
The Fed had kept its rate high for more than a year to fight the worst inflation streak in four decades .
Annual inflation has since fallen from a 9.1% peak in mid-2022 to a 3-year low of 2.4% in September .
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