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With The Fed expected to raise interest rates in a few minutes, (and likely jawbone about how the path to normalization is now progressing well), we thought it worth a reminder that FOMC officials’ quarterly interest-rate projections have gone nowhere but down since the last time they were marked up in September 2014.

As the infamous 'dot plot' reveals, Fed forecasts of rates for 2017 have fallen in line with the market's perceived credibility of the failing institution...

You decide if what The Fed says today is worth paying any attention!

When it comes to today's FOMC decision, there is little speculation: a 25 bps rate hike, the first in 2016 and only the second since the financial crisis, is now effectively assured: all 103 Bloomberg-surveyed economists expect a 25bp increase. The market agrees, and as shown in the chart below, implied rate hike odds are at 100%, with some even speculating that the Fed may hike by 50 bps.

Update: It appears there may have been some confusion, because moments ago the GSA now says that it has not concluded Trump would be in violation regarding the Trump Hotel, and adds that Democrats mischaracterized what GSA official said.

Here is GSA Statement, knocking down claim by House Dems that it has ruled that Trump will breach his contract on his DC hotel when sworn in pic.twitter.com/9CNK1NM1OK

Independent Canadian journalist Eva Bartlett exposes the mainstream media lies about Syria. During an emotional speech at the UN, Eva says that Western media’s coverage of the Syrian war is “compromised” as their local sources are “not credible” and, in the case of Aleppo, not even there. RT reports: “I’ve been many times to Homs, to Maaloula, to Latakia and Tartus [in Syria] and again, Aleppo, four times. And people’s support of their government is absolutely true.

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