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The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point on Wednesday and signalled more reductions would follow, launching its first easing cycle since the onset of the pandemic. The US central bank’s first cut in more…

Headline inflation in the Irish economy softened to a three-year low of 1.7 per cent in August as the cost of energy on international markets fell. This was the first time since June 2021 that the consumer price index (CPI),…