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Fed declines to cut rates as inflation, consumer confidence improve

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) kept interest rates on hold on Wednesday after its first monetary policy meeting of the year. After months of strong economic data and slowing inflation, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.25% to 5.5%. The decision was widely expected, but Fed watchers will […]

Consumer confidence hits highest level since December 2021 

According to one survey, U.S. consumers are more optimistic about the state of the economy than they have been in more than two years. new research According to the conference board released on Tuesday. The nonprofit business research group’s Consumer Confidence Index rose for the third consecutive month to 114.8 in January from 108 in […]