US Fed’s chief in apparent dovish shift, says rates near neutral

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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell injected investors with a strong dose of optimism on Wednesday, saying that the central bank's policy rate is now'just below' estimates of a level that neither brakes nor boosts a healthy US economy, comments that many investors read as...

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