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Vishaal Sanjay

Fed Holds Rates Amid Trump's Demands For A Cut: Powell 'More Hawkish Than Anyone Expected,' Say Economists — Historic' Dissent Noted

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Analysts and experts are reacting to the Federal Reserve keeping its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 4.25% to 4.50% on Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee Meeting, amid mounting pressure from President Donald Trump to deliver immediate and aggressive rate cuts.

What Happened: Economist Mohamed El-Erian noted that yet again, “it is the post-FOMC press conference that moves the markets,” rather than the outcome of the meeting itself.

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