Fed Officials Cut Rates Last Month Amid Worries on Trade, Global Growth (subscription)

Wall Street Journal, Nov. 20, 2019–Nick Timiraos
Federal Reserve officials worried that weakness in manufacturing, trade and business investment could threaten the economic expansion by triggering cutbacks in hiring and consumer spending when they cut interest rates last month.
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