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Fed Says Trade War to Blame for Slowing Growth

August 21, 2019 at 8:44 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The Federal Reserve’s minutes of its July interest-rate setting meeting show policymakers blame the slowing U.S. economy on President Trump’s trade feud with China and other nations,” CBS News reports.

“Fed officials also said uncertainty over trade was the source of the recent drop in business investment in the U.S.”

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