the reaction in asia so far has been mixed. Our north america business correspondent ritika gupta has the details. The federal reserve has delivered a super sized interest rate cut aimed at bolstering the us labour market. The 0. 5 percentage cut, the first in over four years, brings its key interest rate, the federal funds rate, down to between 4. 75 and 5%. It comes amid signs inflation in america is continuing to fall, while the job market remains strong, even as unemployment has risen this year. The labour market is actually in solid condition and our intention with our policy move today is to keep it there. You can say that about the whole economy. The us economy is in good shape, it s growing at a solid pace, inflation is coming down. The labour market is in a strong pace. We want to keep it there. In addition, the committee setting rates released its latest forecast which showed policymakers expecting to cut rates by a further 0. 5%. That would us interest rates below 4. 5% b
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