Fed Keeps Interest Rates Steady
At the last regularly scheduled meeting of the year, the Federal Reserve kept steady the Fed Funds Rate at the conclusion of their FOMC meeting today. The rate is currently a target range of 1.50% to 1.75%.
Banks maintained their same Prime Rates at 4.75%.
In 2020, the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) plans to hold its meetings on January 28-29, March 17-18, April 28-29, June 9-10, July 28-29, September 15-16, November 4-5, and December 15-16.
December 11, 2019
Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
For release at 2:00 p.m. EST
Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in October indicates that the labor market remains strong and that economic activity has been rising at a moderate rate. Job gains have been solid, on average, in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Although household spending has been rising at a strong pace, business fixed investment and exports remain weak. On a 12‑month basis, overall inflation and inflation for items other than food and energy are running below 2 percent. Market-based measures of inflation compensation remain low; survey-based measures of longer-term inflation expectations are little changed.
Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. The Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 1‑1/2 to 1-3/4 percent. The Committee judges that the current stance of monetary policy is appropriate to support sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation near the Committee’s symmetric 2 percent objective. The Committee will continue to monitor the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook, including global developments and muted inflation pressures, as […]
