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The economy remains healthy and doesn’t appear to need the stimulative benefits of a rate cut, which can spur more borrowing and spending and could even re-ignite inflation.

Results also found that the stimulative and sedative effects of alcohol intoxication are reduced when taking these medications.

Yields are also a reflection of expectations around the so-called neutral rate - the level at which interest rates are neither stimulative or restrictive for the economy.

The measurement allows Fed officials and markets to benchmark how stimulative or restrictive interest rate policy is at any given point.

But central bankers and analysts have cautioned that the resulting expansion of the balance sheet due to this lending is not stimulative to the economy.