Fed Lifts Rate and Inflation Outlooks, Sees 2% Inflation Return by 2029
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The Fed's higher path for the policy rate and upward revisions to PCE and core PCE inflation signal tighter financial conditions for longer, even as growth forecasts rise and unemployment projections fall. A later return to 2% inflation (by 2029) reinforces the risk of persistently restrictive real rates, typically pressuring duration-sensitive assets and liquidity conditions, with near-term spillover into crypto risk appetite.
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● High
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BlockBeats reported that on Sept. 17 the Federal Reserve raised its projections for the federal funds rate across the forecast horizon. The Fed also increased its estimates for this year's PCE inflation and core PCE inflation, and now expects inflation to return to the 2% target by 2029. In addition, GDP growth forecasts for this year and next were revised higher, while unemployment rate projections were lowered. (Jin10)
