Interest rate hikes tied to pace of inflation rebound

Last week Chair Janet Yellen all but confirmed that the Fed will begin to raise interest rates from near-zero at the upcoming FOMC meeting, which ends on 16th December. Any final doubts should have been erased by the news that employment increased by a solid 211,000 in November.

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