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Social Security Recipients to Get Biggest Payout in Seven Years

Retired Americans collecting Social Security payments will get their biggest payout in seven years starting in 2019.

A unanimous vote from the US Federal Reserve to raise the benchmark lending rate brings the federal funds rate to a range of 1.75-2.0 percent,but the quarterly economic forecasts show central bankers now expect the rate to end the year at 2.4 percent

Fed Raises Interest Rates, Predicts Two More in 2018, Sees Economy Growing Faster

U.S. Federal Reserve officials announced a modest interest rate hike on Wednesday, predicting two more this year as the American economy continues to grow.