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Explained: How did the markets react to the recent Federal Reserve rates increase?

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Thu, 17 Sep 2026, 8:08pm
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The US Central Bank has raised interest rates for the first time in three years.

It's moving from a range of 3.5 to 3.75 percent, to 3.75 to 4 percent.

Sam Dickie from Fisher Funds unpacked the market reactions - and offered a theory on why things stayed calm.

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