Economists expect Fed to defy investors with more interest rate rises

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The US Federal Reserve will defy investors’ expectations and raise interest rates by at least another quarter-point, according to a majority of leading academic economists polled by the Financial Times.

More than 40 per cent of those surveyed said they expected the Fed to raise rates twice or more from…