Wall Street sees Fed rate hike by year-end after jobs data: Reuters poll

A solid U.S. jobs report for September reinforced expectations among Wall Street's top banks that the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates by the end of the year, according to a Reuters poll conducted on Friday. Fourteen of the 15 primary dealers that responded to the poll forecast a rate hike at the U.S. central bank's December meeting. Primary dealers are the banks that do business directly with the Fed.

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Wall Street sees Fed rate hike by year-end after jobs data: Reuters poll

Yellen, alongside Fed alum, says rate hikes on track

The U.S. economy is on a solid course with some hints of inflation so the Federal Reserve is on track for further interest rate hikes, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Thursday in a defense of her decision to tighten policy late last year. In a rare spectacle, Yellen spoke on a New York panel alongside her three predecessors who ran the world's most powerful central bank. “So yes, there is accommodation in the monetary policy that we have.

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Yellen, alongside Fed alum, says rate hikes on track