US central bank surprised: Leist interest remains high despite growing expectations!

Die US-Notenbank berichtet am 4. Dezember 2024 über wirtschaftliches Wachstum und Leitzinsentwicklung im Beige Book.
The US Federal Reserve reports on December 4, 2024 on economic growth and key interest rates in the beige Book. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

US central bank surprised: Leist interest remains high despite growing expectations!

Vienna, Österreich - The US economy shows the first signs of moderate growth, as the latest analysis from the United States illustrates. According to the information from vienna.at have resulted in surveys and interviews in various regions that the growth expectations in most sectors have risen slightly. Despite these positive signals, the core inflation, which consumption prices viewed without the volatile food and energy costs, has remained in a stable range between 2.6 and 2.8 percent since May. These values ​​exceed the intended inflation goal of the Federal Reserve of 2 percent.

key interest rate and future decisions of the Federal Reserve

The current key interest rate is between 4.50 and 4.75 percent, and in two weeks the Federal Reserve will make a decision about possible further interest cuts. However, leading members of the FED are optimistic that inflation will decrease. The labor market remains strong, but there are signs of cooling, which causes those responsible to be concerned that a persistently high key interest rate could endanger the job sector. These concerns underline the complexity of the economic decision -making processes that the Fed controls in order to find a balance between economic growth and inflation control.

In addition, the development of the key interest rate of the US Central Bank has been documented in the past two decades, which provides relevant information on the future course of monetary policy. According to

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