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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 0.50 percentage points

The Federal Reserve has announced a cut to interest rates by 0.50 percentage points. This is the first cut to its benchmark interest rate since March 2020. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger and Al Root, an associate editor at Barron's, break down the news.
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