WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve looks set to lift U.S. interest rates for a 13th straight time on Tuesday and may inaugurate a new phase in its 1-1/2 year credit tightening campaign in which future moves become less certain.
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to bump up overnight borrowing costs by a quarter-percentage point to 4.25 percent. It also may alter long-standing language in its post-meeting statement offering guidance on its policy path.
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it'll be nice to get things back to normal, whatever that means?!