By: Economic & Finance Report
The Federal Reserve has raised important interest rates because the US economy has increased drastically. This is the second time the FED has raised interest rate benchmarks since 2008. The Fed indicated that next year in 2017, the interest rate will raise again also.
The benchmark had been 0.50%, now with the recent increase the benchmark will be 0.75%. When it comes to low rates, it helps the economy because it provides an environment for growth economically . This in turns allows businesses to borrow to finance deals, products, services, expansion, and leads toward enabling their businesses to take risk in growing their enterprises.
The interest rate being raised was on par to what many analysts and economists predicted, the economy improving as it is these days made sense for the interest rate to increase according to many experts. -SB