“Federal Reserve officials indicated on Wednesday that they expected to soon slow the asset purchases they have been using to support the economy and predicted that they might raise interest rates next year, signs that policymakers are preparing to pivot away from full-blast monetary help as the business environment snaps back from the pandemic shock,” the New York Times reports.
Fed May Start Raising Interest Rates Next Year
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