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Speaking at The New York Times DealBook Summit, Powell provided insights on inflation, economic growth, and interest rates as the Federal Open Market Committee prepares to meet on Dec. 17-18.
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress that The United States is “no longer an overheated economy,” with a job market that has cooled from its pandemic-era extremes.
The latest PCE inflation and spending report appears to put The Federal Reserve closer to meeting its inflation mandate.
The Federal Reserve is expected to approve what would be the 11th interest rate increase since March 2022 this afternoon, taking the benchmark borrowing rate to its highest level since early 2001.
While the Federal Reserve announced it’s 10th interest rate hike in 14 months, the central bank signaled the historic tightening cycle may be coming to a close.
The Federal Reserve increased interest rates by another 25 basis points yesterday, bringing the benchmark rate to a range of 4.7% to 5%.
Yesterday, the Fed announced a rate hike of 0.50% — marking the most aggressive single-meeting increase since May 2000.
