Economists surveyed said they expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates again.
More than 40 per cent said they expected the Fed to raise rates twice or more.
The FT and University of Chicago Booth School of Business undertook the survey.
Financial markets expect the Fed to keep rates on hold at a meeting this week.
New York | The US Federal Reserve will defy investors’ expectations and raise interest rates by at least another 0.25 of a percentage point, according to most leading academic economists polled by the Financial Times.
More than 40 per cent of those surveyed said they expected the Fed to raise rates twice or more from the current benchmark level of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent, a 22-year high.
