Fed Weighs Rate Hikes

Powell jumps in driver's seat as Fed is expected to raise rates this week.

For Jerome Powell, raising U.S. interest rates this week will likely be the easy part.

The tougher job for the Federal Reserve’s new chairman as he presides over his first gathering of the central bank’s policy-setting committee is deciding what to do next.

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