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The Fed just tightened its growth forecast

Elena Holodny   

The Fed just tightened its growth forecast
Stock Market1 min read

The Federal Open Markets Committee voted to raise its benchmark interest rate after a two-day meeting as virtually everyone had been expecting.

And it also released its latest Summary of Economic Projections.

The Fed now expects real GDP to grow around 2.0% to 2.2% in 2017, a tighter range compared to its earlier outlook of 1.9% to 2.3%.

Additionally, the Fed's projection for 2017's unemployment rate were unchanged at 4.5% to 4.6%, and expectations for core PCE inflation were also unchanged at 1.8% to 1.9%.

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