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Why the Fed will raise rates Thursday: Jim Grant

From cnbc.com

The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates Thursday at the conclusion of its two-day meeting for one very specific reason, closely followed market watcher Jim Grant said Wednesday. "I think they do it for the very human reason that Janet Yellen wants to change the subject as much as we want to have it changed. Just do it," the editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer said in an interview with CNBC's "Closing Bell." He believes the increase will be 25 basis points. Wall Street experts seem to agree a rate hike will come Thursday. According to the latest CNBC Fed Survey, 49 percent of respondents see the central bank ... (full story)

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