US stocks fall after Fed rate rise

Stocks tumbled today with the Dow Jones industrials dropping 95 points after the Federal Reserve disappointed investors by suggesting that more interest rate hikes were on the way.

US stocks fall after Fed rate rise

Stocks tumbled today with the Dow Jones industrials dropping 95 points after the Federal Reserve disappointed investors by suggesting that more interest rate hikes were on the way.

The Fed raised a key interest rate today as expected, but the surprise for the markets came in an accompanying statement in which the Fed upgraded its view on the economy, suggesting that at least one and possibly even two more rate increases were in the cards.

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