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All eyes on the Fed this week

Wall Street fixes its gaze on the US Federal Reserve, which could, on Thursday, increase interest rates for the first time in more than 9 years

Published Tue, Sep 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    THE moment that Wall Street has long been dreading could happen this week.

    The Federal Reserve on Thursday may increase interest rates for the first time in more than nine years. A rise would be the beginning of the end of a monetary stimulus policy that lifted stock and bond markets to new heights and brought the good times back to Wall Street after the crash of 2008.

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