WASHINGTON, D.C.: After the riskiest move of her career, US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has committed to a balancing act to keep her promise of gradual future interest rate increases.

The slight quarter-point increase decided Wednesday that ended seven years of the near-zero benchmark federal funds rate had been telegraphed well in advance by the US central bank and was met with equanimity by the markets.

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