Interest rate announcement to largely sway ag incomes

Interest rate announcement to largely sway ag incomes

An ag economist says the Federal Reserve’s announcement Wednesday afternoon on the future of interest rates will likely have a strong impact on commodity markets one way or the other.

The University of Missouri’s Ben Brown says the market is expecting a half a percent increase in short-term interest rates.

“Even if that is held constant, I think you’re going to have some traders that still feel like that’s too short of a move to help tame some of the broader inflation,” Brown said.