CSPAN Federal Reserve Announces Quarter-Point Rate Hike June 17, 2017
She expects it to stabilize around 2 over the next few years. This is one hour. Good afternoon, before i get started, i want to say that our thoughts are with those who are injured this morning. Today, the federal open Market Committee decided to raise the target range of the federal fund rate by one quarter percentage point, bringing it to one to one quarter percent. Our decision reflects the progress the economy has made and is expected to make toward maximum employment and price stability objectives thats science to us by law. We also released today an addendum to policy normalization princ...