The Fed Leaves Fed Funds Rate at 4.5% as Economic Storm Clouds Gather

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The Fed Leaves Fed Funds Rate at 4.5% as Economic Storm Clouds Gather

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On Wednesday, the Federal reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee left the target federal funds rate unchanged at 4.25-4.5 percent. The FOMC statement on the current policy, released on Wednesday, reads (my emphases in bold):
Although swings in net exports have affected the data, recent…

This story appeared on mises.org, 2025-05-08 16:00:00.