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Though it is above the Federal Reserve’s preferred 2%, that 1 percentage point difference is probably not the crisis people have in mind.

London would be more suited to either a percentage or flat fee system, the authors suggested, as Britain "lacks a statutory national 'star' system for hotels present in France and Italy".

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That is about 10 percentage points higher than in January, but well below the most dramatic rates announced by the administration over the course of the year.

The Fed cut its benchmark federal-funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point in September, and again in October, leaving the current target range at 3.75%-4.00%.

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Fed officials have cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point twice so far this year, to 3.75%-4.00%.

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