Fed Officials Dial Back Rate Forecasts, Signal Just One ‘24 Cut
- Officials acknowledge ‘modest further progress’ on prices
- Powell says Fed needs more good data to be able to cut rates
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Federal Reserve officials penciled in just one interest-rate cut this year and forecast more cuts for 2025, reinforcing policymakers’ calls to keep borrowing costs high for longer to suppress inflation.
Officials voted unanimously to keep the benchmark federal funds rate in a range of 5.25% to 5.5% — a two-decade high first reached in July. But policymakers signaled they now expect to cut rates only once this year, compared to the three reductions forecast in March, according to the median projection.