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(FILES) In this file photo US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gives a press briefing after the surprise announcement the FED will cut interest rates on March 3, 2020 in Washington,DC. - After a year in which the Federal Reserve pushed out unprecedented lending to support the economy while pleading for government stimulus that never came, central bankers could show early signs of optimism next week. The policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) will open its final meeting of 2020 on December 15, 2020, capping a year that saw the world's largest economy contract massively due to Covid-19, and Joe Biden oust President Donald Trump in the November presidential election. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ERIC BARADAT)