[South Korea's Choice Financial newspaper reporter] US federal funds rate has been 0.25 percentage points hike.
US central bank, the Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is 0.25 percentage points in the two-day 15 (local time), the regular meeting of the current benchmark interest rate 0.50~0.75 0.75~1.00% to% I decided to raise.
This rate increase has meant tightening the era of low interest rates and after finishing the first one carried out a rate hike last year, three months after the December 10 000 0.25 percentage point hike, and after the global financial crisis, 12, 2015.
Chairman Janet Yellen is summarized as "simple message of this rate hike is that the US economy is right to go well." Following yelreon chairman said "the economy would be appropriate to raise the Fed's benchmark interest rate gradually continue until you reach the ground like a neutral term target of 3% as expected.
According to the Fed committee jeomdopyo day you can see out the future prospect of interest rate hikes (dot plot), two additional times, and goes each year by raising interest rates three times in 2019 the so-called '3-3-3' hike this year It is expected. Day public jeomdopyo is expected, such as those announced in December last year.
Catch the average markup by 0.25 percentage points, depending on the Fed's "gradually raise 'policy during the year was expected to rise to three times the impression 1.25 ~ 1.50% band.
Donald Trump's first rate hike since the new administration, the viscosity, but attracted the attention yelreon Chairman cautious. Yelreon chairman said "changes in fiscal policy can alter the outlook, but it noted that whether the change will affect the economy too early."
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