The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise its benchmark interest rate and may also provide details on its plans to shrink $4.5 trillion of assets it amassed to nurse the economic recovery. Economists polled by Reuters overwhelmingly see the Fed raising its benchmark rate to a target range of 1.00 percent to 1.25 percent. The Fed’s announcement will be followed by a press conference by Fed Chair Janet Yellen.
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