Fed Minutes: No One Expects 2023 to Cut Rates

According to CCTV news, in the early morning of January 4, 2023 local time, the Federal Reserve released the minutes of the committee meeting from December 13 to 14, 2022. The minutes show that the Fed is committed to fighting inflation and intends to keep the inflation rate close to 2%. It is expected that interest rates may remain high for a period of time until there is clear evidence that the consumer price index is falling. The minutes also reiterated that none of the participants expected that a rate cut starting in 2023 would be appropriate. | Related reading (Daily Economic News)

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In the last two months of last year, analysts in the financial and investment markets were racking their brains to judge whether the Fed’s next step was to be a hawk or a dove. Judging from the data, inflation in the United States has slowed down, and it is reasonable to suspend the rate hike , but the Federal Reserve is clinging to the ideal inflation data of 2%, and there is still a possibility of raising interest rates in the future. But the minutes of Fed officials’ most recent meeting showed they backed another rate hike this year and warned they would need to see more evidence that inflation was easing before considering a shift in policy, perhaps illustrating that, despite much controversy, The Fed will still insist on reaching the 2% inflation target before letting go.

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