US Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady despite Warsh’s inflation vow

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-29 · 18:26 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, maintaining the benchmark rate between 3.50% and 3.75%. This decision raises questions about how Federal Reserve chief Kevin Warsh will achieve his goal of reducing inflation to the 2% target. Three out of twelve members of the Federal Open Market Committee dissented, advocating for a quarter-percentage-point increase. These three dissenting members, presidents of the Cleveland, Dallas, and Minneapolis Fed regional banks, had previously dissented in April, at that time favoring the removal of a promise for lower rates.

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Those same three members are the presidents of the Fed’s Cleveland, Dallas and Minneapolis regional banks.

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Three members of the Federal Open Market Committee preferred a quarter-percentage-point hike.

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The benchmark interest rate was left in the 3.50 per cent to 3.75 per cent range.

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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday.

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The decision may intensify questions about how US central bank chief Kevin Warsh will deliver on his commitment to bring inflation back down to the 2 per cent target.

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The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, a choice that may intensify questions about how US central bank chief Kevin Warsh will deliver on his commitment to bring inflation back down to the 2 per cent target.The widely ‌expected decision to leave the benchmark interest rate in the 3.50 per cent to 3.75 per cent range drew dissents from three of the 12 members of the policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee who “preferred” a quarter-percentage-point hike at this meeting.Those same three, the presidents of the Fed’s Cleveland, Dallas and Minneapolis regional banks, had also dissented at Jerome Powell’s final meeting as central bank chief in late April, that time in favour of removing the implied promise of lower rates.

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