A Highly Anticipated Fed Meeting, War Worries, and an Unblinking Stock Market: What to Watch This Week The Federal Reserve's decision this week to raise interest rates or hold steady has been telegraphed by investors, economists, and even the central bank's own chair.
But the real story is not just about the hike itself, but what it says about our economy's increasingly detached relationship with reality.
A highly anticipated meeting that was supposed to be a main event has turned into a mere formality.