MarketWatch Site Logo A link that takes you back to the home page. .mwA1 {son: #ffffff;} .mwA2 {son: # 4db74d;} Most Fed officials are inclined to raise 1/2 point rates at “upcoming meetings”
Most senior Federal Reserve officials “judged” that 1/2 point increases in a key U.S. interest rate would be “likely to be appropriate in future meetings,” according to the minutes of the last central bank strategy session in early May. . The bank raised the short-term fund rate by 50 basis points after the May 3-4 …