Fed Holds Rates Steady, but Indicates Increases Will Continue - News Summed Up

Fed Holds Rates Steady, but Indicates Increases Will Continue


WASHINGTON—The Federal Reserve held short-term interest rates steady Wednesday and indicated it remains on track to raise them gradually, including at its June meeting, to keep the expanding economy on an even keel. After years of aggressive, postcrisis interventions to heal labor markets and delayed rate rises to spur inflation, central-bank officials now have the economy largely where they want it.


Source: Wall Street Journal May 02, 2018 18:03 UTC



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