{"id":13222,"date":"2023-05-24T14:40:17","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/federal-reserve-officials-divided-over-future-interest-rate-hikes-minutes-show\/"},"modified":"2023-05-24T14:40:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T18:40:18","slug":"federal-reserve-officials-divided-over-future-interest-rate-hikes-minutes-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=13222","title":{"rendered":"Federal Reserve Officials Divided Over Future Interest Rate Hikes, Minutes Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 class=\"topline-heading\">Topline<\/h2>\n<p>The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday its top decision makers are split over<strong> <\/strong>whether to pause its interest rate hike crusade, a crucial decision for the economy as inflation remains stubbornly high.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Facts<\/h2>\n<div class=\"key-facts\">\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Central bank officials are \u201cuncertain\u201d whether to pursue further increases to the federal funds rate, according to minutes released Wednesday from the Fed\u2019s policy-setting panel\u2019s meeting earlier this month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Many investors had hoped the Fed would offer hints to indicate it would pause, or even decrease, interest rates, but the meeting notes did little to indicate such, with the Fed vowing to retain \u201coptionality\u201d with its monetary policy moving forward.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Inflation remains \u201cunacceptably high,\u201d the Fed said Wednesday, adding recent data shows inflation is cooling \u201cslower than expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Further rate hikes may be necessary if inflation comes down at an \u201cunacceptably slow\u201d pace, according to the minutes.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><\/fbs-ad>\n <\/div>\n<div class=\"key-facts-element\">\n<p>Stocks were little changed following the Fed announcement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Big Number<\/h2>\n<p>66%. That\u2019s the likelihood the Fed will pause its rate hike campaign at the Federal Reserve\u2019s Open Market Committee meeting next month, according to the CME Group\u2019s FedWatch Tool, which tracks futures contracts for the federal funds rate. This would be the first time the Fed chose to hold rates steady since last February, when rates hovered near 0%.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>The Fed hiked rates at 10 consecutive FOMC meetings as it sought to curb the highest inflation since the early 1980s, upping rates by 25 basis points from 4.75% to 5% to 5% to 5.25% two weeks ago. The federal funds rate nominally only impacts the interest rates paid by banks when lending to other banks but has wide-sweeping effects, causing individual and corporate borrowers to shell out higher interest payments for loans. Mortgage rates hit a 14-year high of over 7% late last year and now sit at over 6%, more than twice as high as they were two years ago, and public companies\u2019 profits widely slid as they grappled with higher borrowing costs. Arguably the greatest impact of the Fed\u2019s rate hike effort was its effect on regional banks; three of the four largest bank failures in American history have come over the last two months in First Republic, Silicon Valley and Signature Banks. Each of the institutions failed to properly manage risk associated with a higher cost of operations stemming from elevated interest rates.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\">What To Watch For<\/h2>\n<p>How the Fed\u2019s less aggressive stance on monetary policy will impact stocks. The S&amp;P 500 has slid about 9% since the Fed first increased rates last year despite rising 8% in 2023. The S&amp;P\u2019s upcoming performance likely depends strongly on whether the Fed keeps rates flat or cuts them, according to historical data cited Tuesday by Comerica\u2019s top investment strategist John Lynch. In recessionary environments since 1950, the S&amp;P has lost 20.7% when the Fed keeps rates the same for six months or more compared to a 7.7% gain when the central bank cuts rates, Lynch notes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"subhead-embed color-accent bg-base font-accent font-size text-align\"><\/h2>\n<p>Fed Raises Rates Another 25 Basis Points\u2014Signals Pause May Come If Greater \u2018Risks Emerge\u2019 (<em>Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Fed Expects &#8216;Mild Recession&#8217; This Year After Banking Crisis Rattles Markets (<em>Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dereksaul\/2023\/05\/24\/federal-reserve-officials-divided-over-interest-rate-path-forward-minutes-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday its top decision makers are split over whether to pause its interest rate hike crusade, a crucial decision for the economy as inflation remains stubbornly high. Key Facts Central bank officials are \u201cuncertain\u201d whether to pursue further increases to the federal funds rate, according to minutes released Wednesday from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-13222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Federal Reserve Officials Divided Over Future Interest Rate Hikes, Minutes Show | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Topline The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday its top decision makers are split over whether to pause its interest rate hike crusade, a crucial decision\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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