{"id":14193,"date":"2017-06-06T08:12:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/?post_type=news&p=14193"},"modified":"2017-06-06T08:12:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T12:12:16","slug":"the-fed-wants-to-raise-rates-this-year-one-thing-could-stand-in-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qa.bluevaultpartners.com\/the-fed-wants-to-raise-rates-this-year-one-thing-could-stand-in-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fed wants to raise rates this year. One thing could stand in the way"},"content":{"rendered":"
May 24, 2017 | by\u00a0Jeff Cox<\/a>\u00a0| CNBC<\/p>\n As the Fed sets forth a fairly aggressive path toward higher interest rates, one key element could scuttle those plans.<\/p>\n Substantially lower-than-expected inflation would be a significant hurdle for the central bank in its quest to normalize a benchmark rate kept near zero through much of the post-financial crisis economy. The Fed<\/a> has hiked the rate three times since December 2015 and economists and Wall Street strategists widely expect at least two more moves before the end of 2017.<\/p>\n However, the inflation numbers of late have not been cooperating.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n