What higher interest rates mean for your money
The US Federal Reserve nudged interest rates higher by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, the first rate hike in more than three years. My colleagues report that while investors are gaining more confidence in the Fed's inflation-fighting backbone, uncertainty about how far it will raise interest rates to keep prices in check is likely to cause volatility for stocks and bonds in the weeks ahead.
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