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a move that was expected. the cost of borrowing is now at its highest in 16 years, but is the fed finally done with rate hikes? the bbc s samir hussein reports from new york. inflation remain steadily high. to try and get the cost of living back down to more normal levels the federal reserve, america s central bank, has raised interest rates ten times in a little over a year, and now it seems it may be ready to perhaps take a pause. the committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of monetary policy, the legs with which it lacks inflation and economic and financial developments. we will make that determination meeting by meeting. the rate rises have slowed economic growth in the united states by making it more expensive to borrow money and inflation is starting to come down, but they have been some unexpected knock on effects of the rate hikes. they played a part in the banking crisis, where three banks collapsed in less than two months. so far, the fed has been

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