U.S. Fed raises interest rate, forecasts 3 hikes in 2018

Janet Yellen leaves after her last news conference as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair in Washington D.C., the United States, on Dec. 13, 2017. The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the third such increase in 2017. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)