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Rate Hike: Yellen Pumps the Brakes a Third Time

March 16, 2017

The Federal Reserve voted on March 15, 2017 to hike the fed funds rate by 0.25%, targeting a range of 0.75–1.00%. The vote was nearly unanimous — nine versus one out of the ten total voters on the Federal Open Market Committee — with Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari voting for no change. This is the third hike after the Great Recession, following the 0.25% hikes in December 2015 and December 2016.

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