WASHINGTON: Hurricane Harvey caused “broad disruptions” to economic activity in the US Gulf Coast region, causing gasoline shortages and spiking freight costs, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

However, it was still too soon to measure the full extent of the impact caused by the storm, according to the Fed’s regular survey on economic conditions.

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