Fed cuts rates, may be last time this year

By Martin Crutsinger
Updated September 19 2019 - 5:33am, first published 5:27am
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has come under attack from Donald Trump after a modest rate cut.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has come under attack from Donald Trump after a modest rate cut.

A sharply divided Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate for a second time this year but declined to signal that further rate cuts are likely this year.

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