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Fed raises benchmark interest rate

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The Federal Reserve yesterday increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point.

The rate is now at a target range of 0.75 percent to 1 percent.

News of the rate hike pushed government bond yields lower and major averages in the stock market higher.

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