The federalreserve hiked rates another 25 basis points, but acknowledged the banking system's troubles, saying recent developments are likely to weight on the economy and inflation. bitcoin remains little-changed at $28.4K. SteveAlpher reports
The U.S. Federal Reserve raised its benchmark fed funds rate by 25 basis points to a target range of 4.75%-5%, inline with most market participants.statement accompanying the rate hike
Wednesday afternoon, the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee acknowledged this month's bank system troubles, saying"recent developments are likely to result in tighter credit conditions for households and businesses and to weigh on economic activity, hiring, and inflation." As recently as two weeks ago, interest rate traders were evenly split on whether the Fed would raise rates by 25 or 50 basis points. Struggles within the banking system since – including the failure of a number of lenders – had traders today roughly evenly split on whether the Fed would raise by 25 basis points or stand pat, with some participants even expecting a surprise rate cut from the central bank.of Fed members shows the median anticipated terminal fed funds rate remains at 5.1%.
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