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Here’s everything the Federal Reserve is expected to do at its meeting this week
The Federal Reserve this week faces the monumental challenge of starting to undo its massive economic help at a time when conditions are far from ideal. In the midst of a geopolitical crisis in Ukraine, an economy that is off to a slow start and a stock market in a state of tumult, the Fed is widely expected to start raising interest rates following the conclusion Wednesday of its two-day meeting. Those three elements pose a daunting challenge, but it’s soaring inflation that the Fed will focus on most when its meeting starts Tuesday. “The economic outlook supports the Fed’s current plans to boost the federal ... (full story)