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December 21, 2005 at 07:00 PM
The Federal Reserve Board will stop raising short-term interest rates early next year, investment managers predict.[@@]
Of investment managers responding to the latest quarterly poll by Russell Investment Group Inc., Tacoma, Wash., 67% expect the Fed to end its pattern of raising interest rates once the rate reaches 4.5% or 4.75%.
That could happen when the Fed next meets at the end of January or perhaps at its scheduled meeting in March, Russell points out.
“The fear that the Fed, under new chairman Ben Bernanke, might damage economic growth in the course of its current tightening cycle has clearly abated,” said Randy Lert, chief portfolio strategist for Russell.
