The Federal Reserve unlikely to raise interest rates
"They are approaching it keeping in mind that the economy is very weak, and we are still in a credit crisis, so they have to offset the inflation problem with the problem of a weak economy that could be weakened even more if they stared raising interest rates. So what they’ve decided to do, I think, and we’ll know early this afternoon, is not raise rates at all, or lower them, but just leave them where they are: 2% short-term Federal Funds rate …"
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