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stanley cup ter in 2024.Policymakers on Wednesday said that while inflation is coming down, it does not expect it will be appropriate to cut rates until the bank is confident inflation is moving toward its 2% goal.The Fed on Wednesday said it is maintaining the federal funds rate in a range of 5.25% to 5.5%. Still, most members of the Federal Open Market Committee are still projecting three rate cuts later in 2024, matching the bank s earlier forecast for the number of rate reductions this year, according to the Fed s Summary of Economic Conditions. Many inflation-weary consumers are eager for a reprieve from high borrowing costs, the result of the Fed s 11 interest rate hikes starting in early 2022. While inflation is rapidly cooling, it is hovering at slightly above 3% on an annual basis, higher than the Fed s goal of 2%.That s prompted the Fed to pause any move to ease rates. At a Wednesday press conference, Chair Jerome Powell pointed to stubbornly persistent inflation in January and February s to explain the decision to hold rates steady, adding that the central bank doesn t want to cut prematurely and risk a flare-up of inflation. Odnv Minimum wage hike in 3 states boosts income for battered workers
NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick mdash; who sparked both praise and controversy this season for refusing to stand during the national anthem mdash; says he did not vote in the 2016 election. And thatrsquo made some people across the country furious.To be fair, Kaepernick has never pretended to like either candidate. After the presidential debate at Hofstra University this fall, the 49ers QB called both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump proven liars, stating that Trumprsquo campaign slogan mdash; Make America great again mdash; is fundamentally flawed because America has never been great for people of color.To me, it was embarrassing to watch; that these are our two candidates, Kaepernick explained in an October interview with CSN Bay Area. Both are proven liars and it almost seems like theyrsquo;re trying to debate whorsquo less racist.... You have to pick the lesser of two evils, but in the end, itrsquo still evil. Colin Kaepernic
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adidas samba San Francisco 49ers warms up before the game against the Buffalo Bills at New Era Field on October 16, 2016 in Buffalo, New York. Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images When Election Day came, however, Kaepernick did not pick the lesser of two evils. He didnrsquo;t pick an
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