Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell discussed the central bank’s decision to hold the benchmark federal-funds rate at its current range around 4.3% after three consecutive rate cuts beginning in September,
Jerome H. Powell has been a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) since May 25, 2012, appointed by then-President Barack Obama to fill an unexpired term. He was reappointed by Obama and sworn in on June 16, 2014, for a term that expires on Jan. 31, 2028.
The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged as its two-day policy meeting concludes on January 29. Investors are nearly unanimous in anticipating that the Fed will maintain rates within the current 4.
President Trump has said he will "demand" lower interest rates, raising questions about his ability to influence the Federal Reserve.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said “we do not need to be in a hurry to adjust our policy stance” and monetary policy is “well positioned” for the challenges at hand.
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Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank is in wait-and-see mode amid mostly positive U.S. economic conditions.
The central bank’s decision to pause at its first meeting of 2025 followed a series of cuts that began in September to account for progress already made on getting inflation down. Over the course of three meetings, the Fed lowered rates by a full percentage point to a range of 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent, which was maintained on Wednesday.
Powell said the Fed is awaiting to see what policies are enacted by the newly inaugurated Donald Trump administration.
The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday after cutting it three times in a row last year, a sign of a more cautious approach as the Fed
The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate in place, pausing further cuts and ignoring a demand by President Donald Trump to immediately drop rates.After three months of reductions, the Fed decided to keep the key interest rate target