Wall Street's main indexes edged lower on Wednesday, ahead of the outcome of the Federal Reserve's rate-setting meeting in which the central bank will seek to balance inflation and banking sector concerns.
Traders have halved the size of the expected interest rate hike to 25 basis points following troubles in the banking sector, with some pointing to the Fed's aggressive monetary tightening over the past year as one of the reasons for the crisis.
Analysts have said a pause was unlikely as it would indicate the banking turmoil, sparked by the failure of two U.S. regional lenders, had rattled the central bank. The U.S. central bank's two-day policy meeting will end at 2 p.m. ET , with investors keenly awaiting Fed Chair Jerome Powell's conference at 2:30 p.m. ET to gauge the central bank’s rate-hike trajectory.
"In order to solve the banking problem, you really have to go back down to very low interest rates and I don't think that's going to happen," said Paul Nolte, senior wealth adviser and market strategist at Murphy & Sylvest. "What you're going to wind up with is a Fed that will probably be a little bit more focused on inflation and they're going to deal with the banking situation as it comes up."falling 1.9% to their lowest level since Nov. 4.
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