The Fed Leaves Fed Funds Rate At 4.5% As Economic Storm Clouds Gather – OpEd

The Fed Leaves Fed Funds Rate At 4.5% As Economic Storm Clouds Gather – OpEd

Eurasia Review

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By Ryan McMaken

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 indicators...

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