The Federal Reserve indicated it would not raise interest rates until inflation has been higher than 2 per cent “for some time”, as it sought to boost its monetary response to the pandemic.
The new guidance from the Federal Open Market Committee implements a shift towards a more dovish long-term policy stance that was endorsed by the Fed last month, and is likely to translate into rock-bottom interest rates for years to come.
On Wednesday, the Fed’s top monetary policymakers predicted that they would keep the central bank’s main interest rate close to zero until at least the end of 2023, according to their median forecast.
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