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US rate hikes: Will the Fed pull the trigger next month?

When it happens, it will be the biggest economic event in recent history: but will the US Fed hike rates next month?

Jason Walls
Wed, 26 Aug 2015

The US Federal Reserve is one of the world’s only central banks which is tossing up the idea of hiking interest rates.

After the global financial crisis (GFC), the Fed dropped its fund rates from just above 5% to a fraction above zero, in a bid to stimulate the economy and prevent further

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Jason Walls
Wed, 26 Aug 2015
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