The Fed hasn’t been this terse since 2007. What a 130-word statement signals for market stability.
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What happened
Bank of America calculates this week’s Federal Open Market Committee statement explaining the decision to lift interest rates by a quarter-point as its most terse, at just 130 words, since 2007.
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