With inflation at its highest rate in over 40 years, the Federal Reserve has been using its interest-rate lever to try and calm things down, but will it work? Last week, it approved an interest rate hike of 0.75% — the biggest increase since 1994. Derek Thompson, staff writer for The Atlantic, weighs in.
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