Commentary: New Fed will Need Guts to Keep Raising Rates

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12 September 2006 at 10:20 a.m. ET

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http://www.insidearm.com/news/00000847-commentary-new-fed-will-need-guts-to-keep/

By Tomi Kilgore, MarketWatch

After one-and-a-half years and 13 interest rate hikes, the Federal Reserve has finally made it to neutral ground, but that’s still not enough.

And that’s what’s scary about the Fed’s last statement.

When the Fed raised overnight rates to 4.25% on Tuesday, the word “accommodative” was removed from the policy statement, which indicates that the level of rates is no longer helping the economy grow.

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Commentary: New Fed will Need Guts to Keep Raising Rates

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