Fed leaves door open to June rate hike

The Fed left its policy rate unchanged today, but the statement kept the door open to another rate hike at the June FOMC meeting. We still expect another three 25bp hikes from the Fed this year, taking the fed funds target range to between 1.50% and 1.75% by end-2017.

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