Here's the December 14, 2016 press release from the Federal Reserve announcing increase adjustments in interest rates. The website is https://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20161214a.htm

Press Release

Release Date: December 14, 2016

For release at 2:00 p.m. EST

Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in November indicates that the labor market has continued to strengthen and that economic activity has been expanding at a moderate pace since mid-year. Job gains have been solid in recent months and the unemployment rate has declined. Household spending has been rising moderately but business fixed investment has remained soft. Inflation has increased since earlier this year but is still below the Committee's 2 percent longer-run objective, partly reflecting earlier declines in energy prices and in prices of non-energy imports. Market-based measures of inflation compensation have moved up considerably but still are low; most survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed, on balance, in recent months.

Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The Committee expects that, with gradual adjustments in the stance of monetary policy, economic activity will expand at a moderate pace and labor market conditions will strengthen somewhat further. Inflation is expected to rise to 2 percent over the medium term as the transitory effects of past declines in energy and import prices dissipate and the labor market strengthens further. Near-term risks to the economic outlook appear roughly balanced. The Committee continues to closely monitor inflation indicators and global economic and financial developments.

In view of realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 1/2 to 3/4 percent. The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting some further strengthening in labor market conditions and a return to 2 percent inflation.

In determining the timing and size of future adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate, the Committee will assess realized and expected economic conditions relative to its objectives of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation. This assessment will take into account a wide range of information, including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial and international developments. In light of the current shortfall of inflation from 2 percent, the Committee will carefully monitor actual and expected progress toward its inflation goal. The Committee expects that economic conditions will evolve in a manner that will warrant only gradual increases in the federal funds rate; the federal funds rate is likely to remain, for some time, below levels that are expected to prevail in the longer run. However, the actual path of the federal funds rate will depend on the economic outlook as informed by incoming data.

The Committee is maintaining its existing policy of reinvesting principal payments from its holdings of agency debt and agency mortgage-backed securities in agency mortgage-backed securities and of rolling over maturing Treasury securities at auction, and it anticipates doing so until normalization of the level of the federal funds rate is well under way. This policy, by keeping the Committee's holdings of longer-term securities at sizable levels, should help maintain accommodative financial conditions.

Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Janet L. Yellen, Chair; William C. Dudley, Vice Chairman; Lael Brainard; James Bullard; Stanley Fischer; Esther L. George; Loretta J. Mester; Jerome H. Powell; Eric Rosengren; and Daniel K. Tarullo.

Here's the Federal Reserve astrology prediction for December 13, 2016, at 6:10 AM:

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Heres http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/forum/topics/astrology-predictions-2017-santa-fe-new-mexico-12-03-16-part-4?xg_source=activity for proof of December 13, 2016 and 6:10 AM time proof.

 The complete December 13th prediction can be obtained at the website of http://www.ashtarcommandcrew.net/forum/topics/astrology-predictions-2017-santa-fe-new-mexico-12-03-16-part-4?xg_source=activity Otherwise, here it is, December 13, 2016, 6:10 AM.

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Transiting Pluto is all over the right side Descendant for 2017. Pluto enters the 7th House in January of 2017, re-enters the 6th House via retrograde in July of 2017, and then finally enters the 7th House for good in December of 2017. 

This retrograde and forward motion of Pluto takes place over the  Descendant ("the area of open enemies") at 18 degrees Capricorn 04 minutes. Because Pluto rules "banking, activities of the elite, and finance," this back-and-forth movement of Pluto over the Descendant strongly suggests that the Federal Reserve may be involved with a possible "one-on-one" transformation crisis with other bankers and elite figures over its' policies. This may have a lot to do with higher interest rates, but it may also have to do with changes in banking and finance positions and methods from other nations, such as European or Asian based financial institutions.

Neptune will transit the Fed's 9th House in 2017. This strongly suggests deceptive or disappointing issues involving foreign-based entities. It is possible the Fed may have the previously described transformation crisis (with Pluto) to involve foreigners. The BRICS banking consortium is a good possibility for this conflict, but so is Europe due to the current rise of conflicts between the EU organization with voting populations in Europe.

Transiting Neptune forms a T-square to the Fed's natal Mercury Opposition Saturn placement from April to August of 2017 (with natal Saturn in the 11th House and natal Mercury in the 5th House). Because this Mercury Opposition Saturn placement is often seen as an indication that "the Fed doesn't like others to hear what they are discussing," this Neptune transit T-square formation may indicate the Fed being forced to openly discuss some of their policies that they may not care to openly discuss.

Transiting Uranus is in the 10th House of "reputation, the CEO, and the trends of the business."  Uranus is noted for bringing forth shocks and surprises, and Uranus will be in the 10th House throughout 2017. From May to September of 2017, Uranus forms a square to the Fed's natal Neptune placement (with natal Neptune in the 1st House of "impression before others"). This transit strongly implies "shocking changes in appearance" that may be disappointing or deceptive. Again, expect possible crisis involving the relationship of the Fed with others.

I will state this, as I told a room full of people in Santa Fe recently: "the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in 2017, and possibly to levels much higher than they are doing at the present time in December of 2016 (and of which such short-term interest rate hikes took place right after Trump got elected)."

Proof of much higher rates for 2017 is due to three cycles of evidence of one planet in transit: Saturn in late Sagittarius, and about to enter it's ruling sign of Capricorn.

All cases of Saturn in late Sagittarius reveal increased short-term interest rate hikes by the Fed. The entry of Saturn into Capricorn takes place in December 2017, and there are two cases (of three cycles) that reveal the Fed raising rates with the crucial benchmark discount rate. The discount rate is a key rate charged by the Fed for important loans to member banks, and it is a rate that banks closely monitor as a key indicator for general interest rate trends. Fed Reserve Chairman Benjamin Strong raised the discount rate in 1928 after Saturn entered Capricorn (and just prior to the 1929 Wall Street Panic) and Fed Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan raised the discount rate in 1987 after Saturn entered the sign of Capricorn (and also prior to the 1987 Wall Street Panic).

Jupiter transits the Fed's 4th House throughout 2017. The transit of Jupiter Trine Saturn will be very hard from May to July of 2017, and this implies "hard choices" involving "more freedom and less money" or "less freedom and more money."

I notice that much of the serious action of the Fed's transits involve spring through fall of 2017. I don't know if the correlating data suggests that spring-fall is when the Fed will start raising rates significantly, or if they are just going to be openly talking about it. It is thus fair to say that spring through fall of 2017 will be a time when the Fed is going to either start to significantly raise interest rates, or privately discuss about such interest rate hikes behind closed doors. Winter of 2017-2018 looks very possible for interest rate hikes, especially with the discount rate.

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