{"id":82535,"date":"2018-06-13T22:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/us-fed-raises-policy-rate-by-25-bps-two-more-hikes-seen-in-2018\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T22:00:41","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T22:00:41","slug":"us-fed-raises-policy-rate-by-25-bps-two-more-hikes-seen-in-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/us-fed-raises-policy-rate-by-25-bps-two-more-hikes-seen-in-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"US Fed raises policy rate by 25 bps; two more hikes seen in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Federal Reserve<\/a> officials raised interest rates for the second time this year and upgraded their forecast to four total increases in 2018, as unemployment falls and inflation overshoots their target faster than previously projected. <\/p>\n

The so-called \u201c dot plot\u201d released Wednesday showed eight Fed policy makers expected four or more quarter-point rate increases for the full year, compared with seven officials during the previous forecast round in March. The number viewing three or fewer hikes as appropriate fell to seven from eight. The median estimate implied three increases in 2019 to put the rate above the level where officials see policy neither stimulating nor restraining the economy. <\/p>\n

Key highlights of the Fed meet:<\/strong> <\/p>\n