The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates today to a 0.50%-to-0.75% range, according to the consensus forecast of analysts via Econoday.com. There’s always room for a surprise, of course, but the telltale signs look compelling for projecting that the central bank will lift its policy rate in today’s monetary announcement at 2:00 pm eastern. Here’s a quick recap of how some of the evidence stacks up according to several market-based indicators.
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