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Federal Reserve’s ‘soft landing’ goal has become bumpier with rate hike plan hit by bank turbulence

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Federal Reserve policymakers have targeted a "soft landing" for the U.S. economy since beginning their effort a year ago to tame runaway inflation by hiking interest rates. That is, they believed they could do so without sending the U.S. into recession.

Federal Reserve bows to bank-crisis fears with quarter-point rate hike, letting up a little in its fight against inflation

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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point on March 22, 2023, bowing to market expectations that it would temper its aggressive program of rate hikes amid a still-brewing banking crisis.

Climate damage is worsening faster than expected, but there’s still reason for optimism

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Reading the latest international climate report can feel overwhelming. It describes how rising temperatures caused by increasing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are having rapid, widespread effects on the weather, climate and ecosystems in every region of the planet.