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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced that the Fed’s benchmark interest rate would remain unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5% due to inflation still remaining too high. He also said it was “u…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke with reporters after the board opted to leave interest rates unchanged following its policy meeting. Mr. Powell talked about the decision and the co…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced plans to keep interest rates steady for a third time, but he stressed that future rate increases were not completely off the table. His remarks …

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced the board would keep its policy interest rate unchanged, at 5.25-5.50%, during a news conference in Washington, D.C. He further said that the pr…

The Federal Reserve announced it would hold steady the interest rate, but future hikes are not off the table and will be dependent on incoming economic data. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Pow…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced an interest rate hike, bringing the nation’s key borrowing rate to its highest point in more than two decades. The Federal Reserve began increas…

During a June news conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a pause in interest rate hikes, thus keeping the federal funds rate at a level between 5 to 5.25%. The pause mark…

Interest rates reached above 5 percent for the first time since the 2007-08 financial crisis after the Federal Reserve announced another rate hike. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell outlin…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced another interest rate hike following speculation the board would vote to pause increases after recent bank failures. Chair Powell told reporters…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced another interest rate hike to address inflation and intimated additional increases are likely in the future. Chair Powell spoke about the econom…

During a news conference, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced an interest rate hike of half a percentage point. This increase is smaller than those from earlier in the year. Lookin…

As expected, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced 0.75 percentage point rate hike aimed at curbing inflation. It was the sixth rate increase of 2022. His announcement came at a news…

Following a Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced another interest rate increase, by 3/4 of a percentage point, in response to record hi…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he does not think the U.S. economy is in a recession, and that it “doesn’t make sense” because there are too many areas of the economy “performing to…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a historic interest rate hike of 0.75 percent, larger than anticipated based on prior Federal Reserve policy guidance. Chair Powell defended the…

After a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held a news conference. He announced that the central bank would raise interest rates by half a perc…

Acting Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell announced a 0.25 percent interest rate hike during a virtual news conference following the board’s March meeting. Acting Chair Powell said th…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled an interest rate hike was coming soon. His comments came during a news conference to announce monetary policy actions taken by the Federal Open M…

After a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held a news conference. He announced the central bank would continue to keep interest rates near zer…

After a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held a news conference where he announced the committee’s decision to begin reducing asset purchases…