单选题 Interest Rate Hike Expected This Week
Investors will pace themselves very cautiously this week with all attention focused on the U.S. Federal Reserve for guidance after seeing equity markets retreat last month with concerns over higher interest rates and the economic (150) they can cause.
This week, the U.S. central banks will meet, and the interest rates will likely be hiked. This comes (150) the Fed has raised them four percentage points over the last two years.
"The market has kind of positioned (152) for the Fed raising 25 basis points... because of these fears about inflation," said John Johnston, chief strategist at Royal Securities.