Market Update Sat 10:03am ET: Weekly Recap - The stock market was up modestly this week on good news.� The most important piece of news by far was the Federal Reserve policy statement.
On Tuesday, the Fed raised the fed funds rate target to 4 1/4%.� It was the thirteenth straight meeting at which the target was raised 25 basis points.� This time, however, the Fed changed the language of the policy statement.� The wording suggested that the Fed would raise rates again, but also created the opportunity to end the current round of rate hikes in the near future.
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