The US Federal Reserve is sticking to low interest rates despite the waning corona pandemic and rising inflation.
She left him in the zero to 0.25 percent range at her meeting on Wednesday.
However, in their projections, the monetary authorities signaled on average for the first time since the beginning of the crisis that there could be an increase in 2023.
So far, they had only targeted a turnaround in interest rates a year later.
After all, seven monetary authorities are now even of the opinion that a tightening could come next year.
At the same time, the central bankers expect inflation to rise to 3.4 percent this year and drop to 2.2 percent in 2022.
They intend to maintain their monthly cash injections of $ 120 billion until substantial progress is made in terms of price stability and unemployment.