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A Fed Rate Increase Is Expected. But What Comes Next?
New York Times, Dec. 10, 2017–Binyamin Applebaum
The Federal Reserve is expected to end the year by raising its benchmark interest rate for just the fifth time since the financial crisis, as it continues to slowly unwind its post-crisis stimulus campaign. But pressures are building that could prompt the Fed to start moving a little more quickly.