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US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting, at the Federal Reserve in Washington, DC, on March 19, 2025. The Fed paused interest rate cuts again on March 19 and noted an increase in economic uncertainty, as it navigates an economy unnerved by the stop-start tariff policies of US President Donald Trump. Policymakers voted to hold the lending rate at between 4.25 percent and 4.50 percent, the Fed said in a statement. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP) (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)