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Home » FOMC Finally Raises Interest Rates, Projects More in 2017. Higher Rates May be Here to Stay, Analysts Say
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FOMC Finally Raises Interest Rates, Projects More in 2017. Higher Rates May be Here to Stay, Analysts Say

December 16, 2016
This week, for only the first time this year and only the second time in the last decade, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points, a move widely expected by market participants. What captured more attention was an upward adjustment of the Federal Open Market Committee’s so-called “dot plot,” suggesting that the U.S. central bank anticipates possibly raising rates three times during each of the next three years. Last year at this time, the FOMC raised...
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