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Fed Raises Interest Rates: What Does It Mean for WNC?

SUSAN WALSH / AP
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen

The Federal Reserve decision to raise short term interest rates may have an effect on the housing market in Western North Carolina.  Yesterdays' decision to raise rates is the first increase since the financial crisis of 2008.   Chris Bell is Chair  of the Economics Department at the University of North Carolina Asheville. He spoke  with David Hurand about the Fed announcement.