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Trump says Fed could have cut rates moreBY Reuters | ECONOMIC | 03:41 PM ESTWASHINGTON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut was small and that it could have been larger. Trump spoke at the White House after the Fed cut the benchmark policy interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to the 3.50%-3.75% range. (Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by Trevor Hunnicutt; Editing by Leslie Adler) More Fixed Income News
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