This week, the Fed Raises Interest Rates by 0.75 percentage points. This was the largest increase since 1994 which is consider as an aggressive move in a bid to bring the current inflation rates down. …
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The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States of America. My Sweet Retirement blog posts related to Federal Reserve.
Federal Reserve Raise Interest Rates and Three Times in 2017
Against everyone’s predictions, the Federal Reserve has decided to raise interest rates in the recent December Federal Reserve meeting. It was also mentioned that Fed may plan to raise interest rates three times in the …
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In the month of September 2016, the STI (Straits Times Index) was on a roller coaster ride. The chart below shows the STI trended down in the week of 12th to 15th September 2016 before …
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