Fed hikes interest rates by 25 basis pts to 2.5%

摘要

1.The Federal Reserve raised borrowing costs for the fourth time this year,looking through a stock-market selloff and defying pressure to hold off from President Donald Trump,while dialing back projections for interest rates and economic growth in 2019.By trimming the number of rate hikes they foresee in 2019,to two from three,policy makers signaled they may soon pause their monetary tightening campaign.Officials had a median projection of one move in 2020.