Your Cheddar hosts Kristen Scholer and Tim Stenovec recap the day's biggest news stories. The Federal Reserve will wrap up its two-day policy meeting Wednesday afternoon. The central bank is likely to raise short-term interest rates by a quarter percentage point. This would be the 5th such increase since the Fed began raising rates from near zero two years ago. Plus, as more investors rushed to buy Bitcoin this week, two top U.S. regulators reiterated their warnings about the potential risks associated with investing in cryptocurrencies. Both the SEC and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission issuing a similar message: buyer beware.

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Small grocers and convenience stores feel an impact as customers go without SNAP benefits
Some small grocery stores and neighborhood convenience stores are eager for the U.S. government shutdown to end and for their customers to start receiving federal food aid again. Late last month, the Trump administration froze funding for the SNAP benefits that about 42 million Americans use to buy groceries. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says about 74% of the assistance was spent last year at superstores like Walmart and supermarkets like Kroger. Around 14% went to smaller stores that are more accessible to SNAP beneficiaries. A former director of the United Nations World Food Program says SNAP is not only a social safety net for families but a local economic engine that supports neighborhood businesses.
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