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David Rubenstein Thinks Two More Rate Hikes Won’t Hurt US Economy

Sarah Sands
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David Rubenstein Thinks Two More Rate Hikes Won’t Hurt US Economy

David Rubenstein, the co-founder and co-executive chair of the Carlyle Group, said at the Delivering Alpha Conference that further interest rate hikes likely won’t damage the US economy (SPY). Many market participants believe we could see two more interest rate (SHY) hikes in the rest of 2018. In June 2018, the Federal Reserve hiked its key interest rate by 25 basis points, the second rise in 2018, and it brought the key interest rate (TLT) within the range of 1.75% to 2.00%.

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