Guidance on the timing of future interest rate increases

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The Federal Reserve open market committee which meets once every 6-8 weeks to discuss monetary policy met on June 16-17 this week. Investors around the world are searching for clues about how soon and how fast the Fed will raise interest rates. In the FOMC report and Janet Yellen press conference following the meeting what Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply circumstances influenced the Fed’s guidance on the timing of future interest rate increases?

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