Fed Keeps Rates Unchanged as Three Officials Vote for 25 bp Increase
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The FOMC held rates at 3.50%–3.75% but revealed a notably hawkish split, with three dissenters preferring a 25 bp hike, underscoring persistent inflation risk despite robust growth. The unchanged policy rates and continued ON RRP operations signal steady liquidity management, while the dissent increases uncertainty around the forward path for policy. Near-term sensitivity should concentrate in USD and rate-expectations markets.
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The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 9"3 to hold the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.50%"3.75% at its July 29 meeting, citing continued robust economic growth and inflation still running above the 2% objective.
Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, and Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan dissented, each preferring a 25-basis-point rate hike.
The Federal Reserve Board voted unanimously to leave the interest rate on reserve balances at 3.65% and the primary credit rate at 3.75%, effective July 30.
The FOMC also directed the New York Fed's Open Market Trading Desk to continue standing overnight reverse repurchase operations at 3.75% and reverse repurchase operations at 3.50%, with a daily counterparty limit of $160 billion per transaction.
