The Fed Raises Interest Rates For the First Time in Three Years

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  The thing about AI for business, it may not automatically fit the way your business works.

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  At IBM, we've seen this firsthand, but by embedding AI across HR, IT,

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  deep in the work that moves the business.

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  For the first time in three years, the Federal Reserve raises interest rates.

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  Plus, Houthi rebels take credit for shooting down a Saudi fighter jet as they gain control over a key oil corridor.

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  The Houthis seem to be maximizing their effort

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  to try to project power internationally in yet another endangered waterway.

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  And business leaders take sides in the debate over AI regulation.

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  It's Wednesday, September 16th.

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  I'm Alex Oseleff for The Wall Street Journal.

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  This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

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  Reserve raised rates by a quarter percentage point today, its first interest rate rise since 2023. The increase,

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  approved unanimously by the Fed's governors, was widely expected by markets.

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  Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh said that recent data showed that the labor market was strong,

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  while inflation continued to remain above the Fed's 2% target.

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  The plain fact is that inflation is too high and has been for too long.

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