High Interest Rates Are Hitting Poorer Americans the Hardest

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By The New York Times

Published 10 months ago on

June 29, 2024

The Federal Reserve is holding interest rates at a more than two-decade high in an attempt to wrestle inflation lower. (Shutterstock)

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The Federal Reserve is holding interest rates at a more than two-decade high in an attempt to wrestle inflation lower. That policy has proved especially painful for poorer families.

By Jeanna Smialek and Claire Hogan
c.2024 The New York Times Company
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