Federal Reserve Bank Official Avoids Interest Rate Forecast.Liedtke, Michael
Financial Services Association, March 26 (Editor: Xiaoxiang) With the end of the period of silence, the week after the Federal Reserve's interest rate meeting is often a “high-frequency moment” for Fed officials to deliver speeches. Among the many Federal Reserve officials who have spoken sin...
Federal Reserve officials signaled that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024 despite signs that inflation remained elevated at the start of the year.
down from the four it had forecast in September when it last issued economic projections. The central bank is now projecting that the federal funds rate may sit at median level of 3.9% by the end of 2025, up from its earlier forecast of 3.4%. ...
EUR/USD Weekly Forecast: Federal Reserve takes centre stage after ECB decision The United States Federal Reserve is set to trim interest rates for the first time in over four years. The European Central Bank delivered rate cuts but maintained its cautious approach this week....
After ending their latest meeting, the officials kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fifth straight time. In new quarterly projections they issued, the Fed officials forecast that stronger growth and stubborn inflation would persist this year and next. As a result, t...
It should be noted that the interest rate cut forecast for March before the meeting had basically fallen below 50%. Therefore, it is reasonable for the Federal Reserve to “throw cold water” on the expectation that interest rates will be cut in March. If it is suggested that interest rates...
At Wednesday's press conference, Powell declined to forecast when the Fed might begin cutting rates. The bank's economic outlook pegs the median federal funds rate at 4.6% at year-end, however. Americans may need to wait until the Fed's June meeting, or even later, for the first rate ...
The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged for a third straight time, and signaled three cuts to the benchmark rate next year.
The Fed's forecast shows that its members are projecting that the median federal funds rate will decline to 3.4% at the end of 2025. Wednesday's cut should ease financial strains for some consumers, experts said. "A September cut, along with the possibility of at least one more this y...