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America In Focus: Affordability concerns rise as Fed hikes key rate, mortgage rate reaches nearly 7%

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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly high inflation, and the central bank signaled another rate hike could occur later this year.

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