BREAKING NEWS: Fed hikes interest rates to 22-year high as inflation fight resumes
Grant's Interest Rate Observer founder and editor Jim Grant weighs in on the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting and U.S. recession probability.on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a point, resuming its campaign to elevate borrowing costs and crush inflation after a brief pause in June.
The unanimous decision puts the key benchmark federal funds rate at a range of 5.25% to 5.5%, the highest since 2001, further restricting economic activity as the borrowing costs for homes, cars and other items march higher. It marks the 11th rate increase aimed at combating high inflation since policymakers began tightening in March 2022.
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