Summary: <p>For years since the financial crisis, one question has loomed large in the minds of investors, analysts, economists and politicians: When will the Federal Reserve raise interest rates?</p> <p>The suspense may not keep <em>everyone </em>up at night, but a rise in the federal funds rate <a href="http://www.newyorkfed.org/charts/ff/">from nearly zero</a> would be a sign that the economy has recovered since the financial crisis. So for months now, there's been a lot of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/13/business/still-reading-the-feds-tea-leaves-word-by-word.html">over-thinking about the comments</a> made by members of the Federal Reserve Board, trying to determine when, oh when, the interest rate will rise.</p> <p>The latest prediction in the economic crystal ball: possibly next Thursday afternoon after a meeting of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee.</p> <p><em>Money Talking</em> host Charlie Herman asks<em> </em><a href="http://allisonschrager.com/">Allison Schrager</a> from <a href="http://qz.com/author/aschragerqz/">Quartz</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/mylesudland">Myles Udland</a> from <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/myles-udland">Business Insider</a> what's at stake and, if the media hubbub is worth your attention.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
