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How will the Fed's interest rate hike address inflation?

With inflation running at a record high, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point Wednesday.

Ali Velshi, anchor and economics correspondent at MSNBC, discusses the broader implications of the decision and the Fed’s track record at taming inflation.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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