(Reuters) - WASHINGTON, May 9 - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday held benchmark interest rates steady at 5.25 percent for a seventh straight meeting and again said its main worry is that inflation will fail to moderate.
The widely expected decision by the U.S. central bank's Federal Open Market Committee keeps the overnight federal funds rate target at the level it hit in June after 17 straight quarter-percentage point increases.
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