Market Insights: When Economists Blink

Following a six-year U.S. economic recovery driven primarily by low interest rates and quantitative easing, the Federal Reserve is now constructing a plan to raise rates. At the heart of its reasoning is the concern that such low interest rates have the potential to distort economic and market conditions, fostering an unstable environment. The latest market insights analyzes the outcome if the Fed decides to raise rates at a higher level in order to stimulate the economy.