Fed to raise rates as Trump economy looms
But there are no guarantees 2017 will see the beginning of a tightening cycle, analysts say, given the uncertainties in geopolitics
Washington
THERE is little room for doubt that the US Federal Reserve will raise the benchmark interest rate this week for only the second time in a decade.
With unemployment at a nine-year low, jobs being created at an average of 180,000 per month, the US economy growing at better than 3 per cent in the most recent quarter and some signs of a pickup in inflation, the writing is on the wall.
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