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Transcript: Loretta Mester on “Face the Nation,” June 19, 2022

The following is a transcript of an interview with Loretta Mester, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, that aired Sunday, June 19, 2022, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN: There are just 12 people who get to vote on whether to adjust interest rates and by …

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Mortgage rates in the U.S. jump by most in 35 years

Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates had their biggest one-week jump in 35 years with the Federal Reserve this week raising its key rate by three-quarters of a point in bid to tame high inflation. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the 30-year rate climbed from 5.23% last week to …

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Suspected “pillowcase rapist” Robert Koehler linked by DNA to series of rapes in the 1980s: “He didn’t kill me — but he did kill me”

Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s.    Robert Koehler is currently jailed in neighboring Miami-Dade County, where he faces charges for assaulting a woman in the early …

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