The Dot Plot, Treasuries and the Gold Stocks TSX.V

The Federal Reserve has finally raised their target for the Fed Funds rate. In a unanimous vote members decided to raise rates by 25 basis points to 0.25 - 0.50 per cent. It was the first hike since June 2006 when then Fed head Ben ‘helicopter’ Bernanke increased the benchmark rate from 5 to 5.25 percent. How far and how fast will the Fed's rate-hike cycle go? Maybe Federal Reserve members themselves can tell us that…

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