Fed Holds Rates Steady, Chair Powell Press Conference #business

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for the fourth straight meeting and signaled its openness to cutting them, though not necessarily right away. In a statement issued after their two-day meeting, Fed officials dropped their previous assertion that a rate hike was possible and instead adopted a more even-handed assessment of the future policy path. The decision to leave the target range for the benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at a 22-year-high of 5.25% to 5.5% was unanimous.

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