

US Fed Meeting: FOMC keeps interest rates unchanged; here are 10 key takeaways from Federal Reserve monetary policy
US Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept the benchmark interest rates unchanged, in line with the street estimates. The Fed Chair Jerome Powell-led Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) unanimously voted to leave the Fed funds rate at a 22-year high of 5.25% to 5.5% after the two-day meeting held on September 19 and 20.
Here are 10 key takeaways from the US Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision and monetary policy on Wednesday: - FOMC votes unanimously to leave benchmark interest rates unchanged in the target range of 5.25%-5.5%, a 22-year high. - “Dot plot" of rate projections shows policymakers still foresee one more hike this year, but 2024 and 2025 rate projections each rose by a half-percentage point, a signal the Fed expects rates to stay higher for longer.
Also Read: US Fed meeting outcome: FOMC holds rate unchanged - Read full text from policy statement - Twelve of 19 policymakers on the FOMC expect one more rate hike this year to be appropriate; the remaining seven favor holding rates steady. - The policymakers’ inclination to keep rates high for an extended period suggests that they remain concerned that inflation might not be falling fast enough toward their 2% target.
- The Summary Economic Projections (SEP) forecasts inflation to drop to 3.3% by year-end, and to approach the central bank's average annual 2% target. - Policymakers’ gross domestic product (GDP) growth projection in 2023 rises to 2.1% from the 1% growth projected in June.
Read here: US Fed Reserve Policy: FOMC doubles US GDP growth projection to 2.1% from 1% for 2023 - The unemployment rate - which is currently at 3.8% - is seen peaking at 4.1% in 2024 - and remaining there for 2025 - versus the 4.5% high-water mark seen in June. - Statement
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