Some traders are convinced the employment report, a key barometer of the economy's strength, will persuade the Fed to raise rates.

The minutes indicate that these members thought there was a less than even chance that any additional information would persuade them not to raise rates.

That could persuade the Fed to raise rates once or even twice more after this week, he said.

He had been unable to persuade the Legislature to raise other taxes.

No problem, the draft group says, promising to persuade the City Council to raise the mayoral pay to $150,000 annually.

In turn, the market reaction may indeed persuade the Fed not to raise rates.

See if that will persuade you to raise the zombie.

The insurers say they also hope that eventually they will persuade regulators to raise rates again.

This could persuade the markets to raise interest rates and force the Fed to accommodate the higher rates with increases of its own.

They worry that the delicate state of the Mexican economy may persuade the Fed not to raise rates again soon.