Market Views: Where next for US interest rates?

It promises to be an eventful and unpredictable year for global financial markets. Will monetary policy, especially in the world's largest economy, provide more reason for investors to fret? Certainly, 2018 has been no easy ride. Several major indexes saw a sharp decline in returns. Both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 shed around 6% last year, while the MSCI Emerging Markets index, plunged by 14.57%. Towards the end of last year, trade tensions between the US a…