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US Fed says Ukraine war to push inflation higher

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The fallout from the war in Ukraine is "will put additional upward pressure on near-term inflation here at home," Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says in a press conference following a two-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting. SOUNDBITE

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