US Federal Reserve votes to hike rates for the first time since 2023
Move comes after Trump nominated Kevin Warsh as Fed chair and said US should have lowest rates in the world The US Federal Reserve voted to raise interest rates on Wednesday for the first time since 2023 as the central bank continues to fight to tamp down inflation. The Fed’s open market committee voted unanimously to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point to a range of 3.75% to 4%.
This is the first time the Fed has raised rates since July 2023 and potentially sets Kevin Warsh, the current Fed chair, on a collision course with Donald Trump.
Background: what a Federal Reserve rate decision changes
The federal funds rate concerns overnight lending between depository institutions. It is not the interest rate on every household or business loan. Changes can influence other interest rates, credit conditions and exchange rates, and ultimately employment and prices. That chain of effects is why a central-bank announcement matters beyond financial markets.
The Federal Open Market Committee assesses economic and financial conditions when deciding its policy stance. Its meeting statement and minutes serve different purposes: the statement communicates the decision, while the minutes provide a fuller account of the discussion. Reading the dated official documents helps distinguish an announced decision from a prediction about what the committee might do next.
This background explains the policy mechanism, not the outcome of the meeting described above. For that outcome, check the original report against the corresponding official statement. A forecast of a cut is not confirmation that a cut has happened, and a policy change does not establish what any individual lender will charge.
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