Summary: <p>It's been nearly eight years since the financial crisis, and interest rates have sat stagnant for just as long. Now, the Federal Reserve is ringing in the New Year early with some <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/business/still-reading-the-feds-tea-leaves-word-by-word.html" target="_blank">long-awaited</a> news: a quarter-point raise in interest rates. This slight hike could be a sign of more moderate rates in the year ahead, and some are watching warily. The news polishes off a year full of business developments: the plunge in oil prices, the Chinese stock market crash, the historic climate plan agreed to in Paris, and the record-making <a href="http://www.wnyc.org/story/deal-making-drinking-do-they-mix/" target="_blank">mergers</a> and acquisitions. And that's only a few of the top business stories of the year. <a href="https://twitter.com/rob1cox?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Rob Cox</a> with <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/robcox/">Reuters Breaking Views</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/RanaForoohar">Rana Foroohar</a> from <a href="http://time.com/author/rana-foroohar/">Time Magazine</a> join Money Talking's to highlight the year's biggest economic moments and to make some <a href="http://www.breakingviews.com/the-fed-may-be-cutting-rates-again-within-a-year/21229606.article">predictions</a> for the year ahead.</p>
