Stock market today: Indexes slip as the last Fed meeting of the year kicks off

Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell announces that interest rates will remain unchanged during a news conference at the Federal Reserves's William McChesney Martin building on June 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Following the two-day Federal Open Markets Committee meeting Powell said the Fed has decided to keep their current rate range of 5.25-5.50 percent and signaled that it believes long-run rates will stay higher than previously indicated.

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• Stocks fell...