Federal Reserve News Updates

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Fed Keeps Benchmark Interest Rate at 5.4%

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key short-term interest rate unchanged Nov. 1 but left the door open to further rate hikes if inflation pressures should accelerate.

November 1, 2023
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Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Sept. 20 for the second time in its past three meetings, but also signaled it expects to raise rates once more this year.

September 20, 2023
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Fed Economists ‘No Longer Forecasting a Recession’

The Federal Reserve said July 26 it no longer foresees a recession and raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point from roughly 5.1% to 5.3% — its highest level since 2001.

July 26, 2023
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Fed Keeps Key Interest Rate Unchanged

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged June 14 after having raised it 10 straight times to combat high inflation. 

June 14, 2023
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Key Inflation Measure Increases in April

WASHINGTON — A key index of U.S. prices ticked higher in April, and consumer spending rebounded, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy remain high.

May 26, 2023
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Federal Reserve Chair Powell Hints at Pause in Rate Hikes

WASHINGTON — Chair Jerome Powell indicated May 19 that the Federal Reserve likely will forgo an increase in its benchmark interest rate when it meets in June.

May 19, 2023
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High Consumer Prices, Inflation Pressures Persist in April

WASHINGTON — Consumer prices in the United States rose again in April, and measures of underlying inflation stayed high, a sign that declines in inflation are likely to be slow and bumpy.

May 10, 2023
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Fed Raises Key Rate Again, but Hints at Possible Pause

The Federal Reserve reinforced its fight against high inflation May 3 by raising its key interest rate by a quarter-point to the highest level in 16 years.

May 3, 2023
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Fed’s Key Inflation Gauge Stayed High in March

WASHINGTON — A key index of underlying inflation that is closely followed by the Federal Reserve remained elevated in March, keeping the Fed on track to raise interest rates in May.

April 28, 2023
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Wholesale Inflation Pressures Eased Sharply in March

WASHINGTON — Wholesale prices fell in March, a sign that inflationary pressures in the economy are easing a year after the Federal Reserve began aggressively raising interest rates.

April 13, 2023