The Federal Reserve building is set against a blue sky in Washington, U.S., May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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BENGALURU, Oct 20 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will wait until 2023 before raising interest rates, according to a majority of economists in a Reuters poll who nonetheless said the greater risk for the U.S. economy was persistently higher inflation over the coming year.
While half the members of the U.S. central bank’s policy-setting committee projected last month that the Fed would raise its benchmark overnight lending rate – federal funds rate – next year, most economists…
