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Fed: No Rate Hike Today

Apr 27, 2016
The Federal Reserve has taken a look at the U.S. economy and decided that it was not the right time to enact another rate hike

The Federal Reserve has taken a look at the U.S. economy and decided that it was not the right time to enact another rate hike.

According to a statement released by the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the U.S. economy has equal shares of highs—improving labor market condition, an improving housing market, stronger consumer sentiments—and lows—a slowdown in household spending, a softening in business fixed investment and net exports.

“Against this backdrop, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at one-quarter to one-half percent,” the Fed declared. “The stance of monetary policy remains accommodative, thereby supporting further improvement in labor market conditions and a return to two percent inflation.”

The vote to refrain from a rate hike was near-unanimous, with only Kansas Fed chief Esther L. George advocating for an increase.

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