Orbit comes from the Latin orbita, âcourse,â or âtrack.â The verb orbit is the act of revolving around another object, usually on a circular or elliptical course. Many planets, moons, stars, meteors spacecraft and other objects in outer space orbit around each other. Electrons also orbit around the nucleus of an atom.
Fed raises interest rates. America's first interest rate hike in nearly a decade is here. The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate on Wednesday from a range of 0% to 0.25% to a range of 0.25% to 0.5%. The rate hike is a small one, but it will affect millions of Americans, including investors, home buyers and savers.
image caption the fed has been buying bonds to keep interest rates low and boost growth the us federal reserve chair janet yellen has hinted that interest rates in the us could start to rise in early 2015ms yellen said the fed could begin raising rates six months after it halts its monthly bond buying programmeshe made the remarks after the fed said it will scale back bond purchases by a further $ 10bn Â£ 6bn per month this is the third time in a row that the central bank has tightened its stimulus effortshe fed lowered its overnight interest rate to 0 % in december 2008 as part of the steps it took to trigger growth in the economy amid the global financial crisis