The Federal Reserve is on deck to release its January 2020 FOMC interest rate decision today at 19:00 GMT. Details provided by the US central bank will likely be examined closely by market participants for clues on changes in language communicated by Fed officials regarding their relative hawkish or dovish leaning.
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The Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC, just wrapped up its two-day meeting. As expected, the federal funds rate remained the same, but that doesn’t mean that nothing significant happened. In fact, some potentially dovish language has been added to the committee’s statement, which may reduce the probability of further interest rate hikes.
Read moreFed Keeps Rates Unchanged, Says Inflation Pressure Is Low
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The latest minutes of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy meeting showed that the central bank was still “patient” on further rate hikes.
Read moreUS Fed ‘Patient’ on Further Rate Hike: FOMC Minutes
Read moreFed Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged; Signals No More Increases Likely This Year
Following the decision, stocks erased gains, 10-year Treasury yields fell and the dollar bounced off its lows of the day. Investors may have been swayed by the Fed’s generally upbeat analysis and expectation of more rate increases than markets anticipate.
Read moreFed Raises Rates, Turns More Cautious on Outlook for 2019 Hikes