Morgan Stanley joins Goldman Sachs in 11th-hour switch to forecasting a Fed hike Morgan Stanley joins Goldman Sachs in 11th-hour switch to forecasting a Fed hike Morgan Stanley joined the chorus of Wall Street firms expecting the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates. The last remaining big Wall Street holdouts have buckled under. Morgan Stanley, late on Monday, joined Wall Street rival Goldman Sachs in changing its call from the Federal Open Market Committee leaving rates unchanged on Wednesday to the U.S. central bank hiking interest rates.
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