The Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged in the United States

2024-01-31T19:28:48.133Z

Highlights: The Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged in the United States. The Fed foresees victory in the fight against inflation and hopes to lower US rates by three quarters of a point in 2024. The US regulator decided to keep rates within the range of 5.25% to 5.5%, their highest level since 2001. The decision was announced in a statement and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will explain it in a speech that will be closely analyzed to see if it gives a clearer picture of the central bank's future decisions.

The United States Federal Reserve (Fed) announced this Wednesday that it is maintaining interest rates in their current range and stated that it does not expect it to be appropriate to reduce the range...