Fed’s Powell Says Gradual Rate Hikes Are the Best Path ‘For Now’
7.25.18 Economy, Federal Interest Rate, Interest Rate HikesFederal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank will continue to gradually raise interest rates “for now’’ to keep inflation near target amid a strong U.S. labor market. The Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed panel that sets interest ...
Fed Expects to Keep Raising Rates, Ending Years of Stimulus
7.16.18 Commercial Real Estate, Federal Interest Rate, Federal Reserve NewsFederal Reserve officials at their meeting last month signaled they could raise interest rates over the next year to a level that no longer seeks to spur growth, formally ending the long postcrisis chapter in which the central bank rewrote its policy playbook ...