Before looking at "this week", I have seen it said by many, "the Fed must raise rates to have any credibility left". This is true to an extent but there is one core reason and one of their own making. You see, the fake data and outright lies have been coming out of Washington in such regularity and magnitude the Fed has been painted into a corner. They either raise rates "because things are so good" or they don't ...as a sign things aren't so good. It has been for this reason I have had an eye out looking for some manufactured (false flag) event that takes the Fed off the hook. Time is getting short prior to Wednesday's meeting and announcement ...but there still is time.
It is quite interesting how China has devalued their yuan this past week prior to the Fed meeting. They also announced they will monitor the Yuan's value versus global currencies rather than just versus the dollar, in essence "de pegging" against the dollar. The weak yuan has been blamed for much of the past weeks volatility and weaknesses in financial markets. A rate hike by the Fed will only double down on the weakness. Also of interest in China are the numerous "disappearances". For weeks there have been important individuals in the financial industry who have just disappeared. The latest fear was China's equivalent of Warren Buffett had been disappeared. It turns out he is being held and assisting "investigations". In the words of Warren Buffett himself, we only find out who was swimming naked when the tide goes out!
Comment: As the geopolitical actions and reactions between the United States, the Western establishment and Russia intensify, you can expect any decision by the Federal Reserve to change the interest rate has a component meant to enable the goal of the Empire of Chaos to dominate and enslave the world. The individuals in charge or the Federal Reserve and those behind the key decisions made by the Fed are not stupid and incompetent as some portray them to be. Yet they are corrupted to the core and and hide behind the justification of protecting the national security of the United States for all of their manipulations of markets and lies told to the American people about the strength of the economy.
The Fed seems poised to raise rates, yet raising rates now would seem to be a disaster in the making with the world economy, which includes the United States, plunging and turmoil hitting credit markets. It seems such a decision to raise rates, if it is enacted, would be in effect the pulling of the plug and throw the United States and world economies into further distress. This can be seen as part of a plan coordinated with the rest of the defense military industrial complex of the United States and the global banksters, specifically the Bank of International Settlements and those behind such organizations, they are executing in order to fulfill their agenda of a new world order and one world government dominated by psychopaths.
Is Russia and their alliance with China enough to stop such plans? Time will tell.