• The Wall Street Journal survey: about 82% of economists expect the Fed to start raising its interest rate in September

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14 August 2015

The Wall Street Journal survey: about 82% of economists expect the Fed to start raising its interest rate in September

According to The Wall Street Journal survey, about 82% of economists expect the Fed to start raising its interest rate in September. 13% expect that the Fed would wait until December.

82% of economists expected last month that the Fed to start raising its interest rate in September, while 15% expected the first interest rate hike in December.

Only one of the 60 economists surveyed this month said that the Fed would wait until 2016 to start hiking its interest rates.

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