{"id":14117,"date":"2025-03-19T18:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/federal-reserve-holds-interest-rates-steady-trims-economic-growth-outlook\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T18:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T18:48:01","slug":"federal-reserve-holds-interest-rates-steady-trims-economic-growth-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/federal-reserve-holds-interest-rates-steady-trims-economic-growth-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, trims economic growth outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, with investors now waiting to hear from Chair Jerome Powell for further clues on the direction of monetary policy and the state of the U.S. economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Uncertainty around the economic outlook has increased,&#8221; the Fed stated in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/monetarypolicy\/files\/monetary20250319a1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announcement<\/a>. &#8220;The committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the attainment of the committee&#8217;s goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Fed now expects the economy to grow more slowly this year than it did three months ago, with unemployment around the U.S. projected to hit 4.4%, up from <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jobs-report-today-dow-jones-stock-market-doge-layoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">4.1% in February<\/a><\/span>, according to economic projections also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalreserve.gov\/monetarypolicy\/files\/fomcprojtabl20250319.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">released<\/a> Wednesday. The central bank forecasts inflation to edge up to 2.7%, up from from its current level of 2.5%.<\/p>\n<p>Policymakers now expect the nation&#8217;s gross domestic product \u00a0\u2014 the total output of goods and services \u2014 to expand 1.7% this year, down from their December forecast of 2.1%. In 2024, GDP grew 2.8%.<\/p>\n<p>Economists have warned that the Trump administration&#8217;s aggressive trade policies, including steep tariffs on Canada and Mexico scheduled to take effect April 2, \u00a0could boost boost inflation and weigh on economic activity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Acknowledging the likely direction of travel in terms of policy from the Trump administration, FOMC participants revised up their projections for inflation while revising down their projections for GDP,&#8221; Stephen Brown, deputy chief North America economist with Capital Economics, said in a report.<\/p>\n<p>Investors had <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/stock-market-the-federal-reserve-interest-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">signaled virtually no chance<\/a><\/span> of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the central bank&#8217;s rate-setting panel, lowering interest rates this month. But President Trump&#8217;s aggressive trade policies, which have triggered concerns about economic growth, have also amplified uncertainty for financial markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What holds the FOMC back from continuing to push interest rates lower at this moment is uncertainty about the Trump administration&#8217;s economic policies,&#8221; Carl Weinberg, chief economist at High Frequency Economics, wrote Wednesday in a research note ahead of the Fed&#8217;s decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium \"><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n                              <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/video\/trump-firmly-stands-by-april-2-reciprocal-tariffs-pledge\/\" class=\"embed__headline-link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__icon\"><br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n              <use xlink:href=\"#icon-video\"\/>\n            <\/svg><br \/>\n          <\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__headline\">Trump firmly stands by April 2 reciprocal tariffs pledge<\/span><\/p>\n<p>          <span class=\"embed__video-duration\">05:58<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Fed said it will maintain the federal funds rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.5%.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The central bank&#8217;s so-called dot plot, used by the Fed to indicate its outlook for where interest rates are headed, indicates the year-end 2025 median projection for the federal funds rate at 3.88%, signaling 50 basis points in cuts this year.<\/p>\n<p>Most economists expect the Fed to lower interest rates two or three times this year, although that hinges on inflation continuing to move closer to the central bank&#8217;s 2% annual target.<\/p>\n<p>Stocks maintained <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/stock-market-the-federal-reserve-interest-rates\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">modest gains<\/a><\/span> after the FOMC decision.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">The Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kate-gibson\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kate Gibson<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div 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