US Fed Meeting LIVE: Jerome Powell Keeps Interest Rates Steady | FOMC Meeting | Trump Tariffs | N18G
US Fed Meeting LIVE: Jerome Powell-led FOMC to unveil second policy decision for 2025; Wall Street eyes rate pause | CNBC TV18 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds news conference after releases U.S. Fed policy decision. Fed Sees Higher Inflation and Lower Growth Ahead. Officials left interest rates alone, but signaled they may cut them twice this year as “uncertainty around the economic outlook has increased.” The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday for a second straight meeting, as officials stuck to their previous forecast for two more cuts this year despite bracing for higher inflation and slower growth. The central bank’s decision to hold interest rates at 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent extends a pause that has been in place since January following a series of cuts in late 2024 that lowered borrowing costs by a percentage point. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference after a two-day policy meeting. It’s widely expected the U.S. central bank will leave its benchmark borrowing rate alone for the second straight time. After cutting its rate at the final three meetings of 2024, Fed officials have taken a more cautious position this year, citing economic uncertainty driven by the Trump administration’s policies on trade, immigration and labor. US Fed Meeting LIVE: Jerome Powell-led FOMC will unveil the second policy verdict for 2025 after maintaining the policy rate steady at 4.25-4.50 per cent in January. The US central bank lowered the rates for three straight meetings in 2024. Wall Street eyes the US central bank to hold the benchmark interest rate steady in today's monetary policy verdict amid the volatile trade policy and economic uncertainty hurting the world's largest economy. Economists have sounded alarm about ‘stagflation’—a combination of still-high inflation and a weak or stagnant economy after sharp cuts to government spending and layoffs. #fedpolicy #jeromepowell #federalreserve #trump #cnbctv18 #usatoday #fomc
