Federal Reserve officials signaled that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024 despite signs that inflation stayed high. They foresee fewer rate cuts in 2025 and slightly raised their inflation forecasts. The officials kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged and predicted that interest rates would have to stay slightly higher for longer. They also expect 'core' inflation to be 2.6% by the end of 2024.
Federal Reserve officials signaled Wednesday that they still expect to cut their key interest rate three times in 2024 despite signs that inflation stayed surprisingly high at the start of the year. Yet they foresee fewer rate cuts in 2025, and they slightly raised their inflation forecasts. After ending their latest meeting, the officials kept their benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fifth straight time.
In new quarterly projections they issued, the Fed officials forecast that stronger growth and stubborn inflation would persist this year and next. As a result, they predicted that interest rates would have to stay slightly higher for longer. They now foresee three rate cuts in 2025, down from four in their December projections. Rate cuts would, over time, lead to lower costs for home and auto loans, credit card borrowing and business loans. They might also aid President Joe Biden’s re-election bid, which is facingThe Fed's policymakers also expect “core” inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy costs, to still be 2.6% by the end of 2024, up from their previous projection of 2.4%. In January, core inflation was 2.8%, according to the Fed's preferred measure. As a whole, Wednesday's forecasts suggest that the policymakers expect the U.S. economy to continue enjoying an unusual combination: A healthy job market and economy in tandem with inflation that continues to cool — just more gradually than they had predicted three months ag
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