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The Fed is going to raise rates again soon - and this will drive some people crazy
The Federal Reserve is going to raise interest rates again. Probably sooner than you — or at least the market — think. In a speech in Philadelphia on Monday, Fed Chair Janet Yellen, speaking for the final time before the Fed's June 15 meeting, said that another interest rate hike from the Fed does not require the central bank meet both parts of its dual mandate first. Here's the key bit from Yellen's speech (emphasis added): I continue to believe that it will be appropriate to gradually reduce the degree of monetary policy accommodation, provided that labor market conditions strengthen further and inflation ... (full story)
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Beware of robber banks (RB), bad advisors.
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