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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2022
Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 2000

Global Economy

Reuters
05 May, 2022, 12:25 am
Last modified: 05 May, 2022, 12:30 am

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Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 2000

Benchmark interest rate raised 0.5 percentage points, with more rises expected

Reuters
05 May, 2022, 12:25 am
Last modified: 05 May, 2022, 12:30 am
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on interest rate policy in Washington, US, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference following the two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on interest rate policy in Washington, US, January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Summary:

  • Fed sets policy rate in range of 0.75% to 1%
  • Powell to hold news conference at 2:30pm EDT (1830 GMT)

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by half a percentage point, the biggest jump in 22 years, and said it would begin trimming its bond holdings next month as a further step in the battle to lower inflation.

The US central bank set its target federal funds rate to a range between 0.75% and 1% in a unanimous decision, with further rises in borrowing costs of perhaps similar magnitude likely to follow.

Despite a drop in gross domestic product over the first three months of the year, "household spending and business fixed investment remain strong. Job gains have been robust," the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement following the end of its latest two-day policy meeting in Washington.

Inflation "remains elevated" with the war in Ukraine and new coronavirus lockdowns in China threatening to keep pressure high, it said. "The committee is highly attentive to inflation risks."

The statement said the Fed's balance sheet, which soared to about $9 trillion as the central bank tried to shelter the economy from the Covid-19 pandemic, would be allowed to decline by $47.5 billion per month in June, July and August and the reduction would increase to as much as $95 billion per month in September.

Policymakers did not issue fresh economic projections after this week's meeting, but data since their last gathering in March have given little sense that inflation, wage growth, or a torrid pace of hiring had begun to slow.

Fed Chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to hold a news conference at 2:30pm EDT (1830 GMT) to elaborate on the policy statement and economic outlook.

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