美联储周三(2016年12月14日)上调银行基准利率,这也是2016年来的首次。该机构同时表示,2017年的加息速度可能比官员们预想得更快。此次加息获得一致通过,且幅度不大,将美联储的基准利率上调25个基点,从0.25%至0.5%的区间升至0.5%至0.75%的区间。这表明,美联储官员们对美国经 The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday (December 14, 2016), the first of its kind since 2016. The agency also said that in 2017 the rate hike may be faster than officials expected. The rate hike was unanimously approved and not significant, raising the Fed’s benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to a range of 0.5% to 0.75% from 0.25% to 0.5%. This shows that the Fed officials told the United States