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Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement
The Federal Reserve is committed to using its full range of tools to support the U.S. economy in this challenging time, thereby promoting its maximum employment and price stability goals. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing tremendous human and economic hardship across the United States and around the world. Amid progress on vaccinations and strong policy support, indicators of economic activity and employment have strengthened. The sectors most adversely affected by the pandemic remain weak but have shown improvement. Inflation has risen, largely reflecting transitory factors. Overall financial conditions remain ... (full story)
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*FOMC: Fed Will Continue Bond Buying Until Substantial Further Progress On Goals
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) April 28, 2021
*FOMC: Indicators of Growth, Employment Have Strengthened
*FOMC: Inflation Has Risen, But Largely on Transitory Factors
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*FED KEEPS RATES UNCHANGED, MAINTAINS $120B MONTHLY BOND BUYING
— lemasabachthani (@lemasabachthani) April 28, 2021
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Fed holds interest rates near zero, sees faster growth and higher inflation
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday declined to let up on its easy-money policy despite an economy that it acknowledged is accelerating. As expected, the U.S. central bank decided to keep short-term interest rates anchored near zero as it buys at least $120 billion of bonds each month. The latter part of policy is a two-pronged effort to support an economy that grew strongly to start 2021 as well as to support market functioning at a time when 30-year mortgages still go for around 3%. Despite noting the economic strength as well as inflation that is on the rise, the policymaking Federal Open Market Committee unanimously ... (full story)
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Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policy-making meeting on March 17. Text removed from the March statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle. Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined. Black text appears in both statements. Read the full statement here. image
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