Breaking: Fed raises rates, keeps forecast for three hikes in 2018

Having trouble viewing this email? | View it in your browser   An improving economy prompted the Federal Reserve to lift its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 1½% to 1¾%, but low inflation allowed it to maintain its projection for a total of just three increases this year. FOR MORE ON THIS STORY, GO TO:   USATODAY.COM     Help | Advertise | Home Delivery | Privacy Policy - Your California Privacy Rights     © 2017 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, VA 22108