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Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter point for the first time in three years.

A 9-story thread from 2026-08-28 to 2026-09-23, covered by 32 outlets. Coverage held steady as it developed. Each event below is linked as related to the anchor story by the pipeline.

Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter point for the first time in three years.

9 events · 08-28 to 09-23 · 32 outlets · economy · avg 21, peak 37
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  1. 08-28Bank of Korea raises benchmark rate by 25 basis points to 3.0 percentscore 9· 2 outlets
  2. 09-11ECB raises interest rates to 2.50 percent amid Iran war-driven inflationscore 17· 8 outlets
  3. 09-11US consumer prices rose 0.4% in August with annual inflation at 3.4%, increasing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate hike.score 37· 14 outlets
  4. 09-13Trump says US should have world's lowest interest rates ahead of Fed meeting expected to raise themscore 17· 15 outlets
  5. 09-16Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter point for the first time in three years.score 29· 21 outlets
  6. 09-16Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter percentage pointscore 23· 8 outlets
  7. 09-17Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter point under Chair Warshscore 23· 6 outlets
  8. 09-18Bank of Japan raises interest rates to 1.25%, highest since 1995score 17· 7 outlets
  9. 09-23Fed Governor Barr signals further interest rate hikes are likely to combat inflationscore 13· 3 outlets
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