Fed Holds Rates at 3.75% to 4% as Cook and Hammack Dissent
The Federal Open Market Committee kept the federal funds rate target at 3.75 percent to 4 percent. Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack dissented, favoring a quarter point increase. Officials signaled no urgency for another move and said more data would guide policy. CME FedWatch showed an 86 percent probability of a rate increase at the mid December meeting.