Will they or won't they? 4 reasons Fed will raise rates again amid SVB crisis, 4 reasons it won't

For the first time in recent memory, the Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting on interest rates, kicking off Tuesday, is shaping up to be a nail-biter.

Will the Fed back up its inflation-fighting rhetoric and raise interest rates again despite the aftershocks of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse? Or will it prioritize financial stability during a period of uncertainty in the banking system?

With financial industry stress easing somewhat in recent days, most economists and investors expect the central bank to lift its key short-term rate by a quarter percentage point. That would give a nod to the recent turmoil by backing off the half-point increase markets were expecting before the crisis while adding another notch to the Fed’s aggressive rate-hiking campaign.

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