The Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark short-term interest rate by a half-percentage point - the largest rate hike since 2000 - and is expected to follow up with the fastest pace of hikes in 30 years.
The Federal Reserve intensified its drive to curb the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by a sizable half-percentage point.
The half-point hike in the Fed’s key rate — its largest since 2000 — raised it to a range of 0.75% to 1%, the highest point since the pandemic struck two years ago. The Fed will likely follow Wednesday’s move with the fastest pace of hikes in 30 years. The Fed also announced Wednesday that it will start reducing its huge $9 trillion balance sheet, which consists mainly of Treasury and mortgage bonds. Reducing the Fed’s holdings will have the effect of further raising loan costs throughout the economy.
“This is a situation where wages have moved up at the highest rate in a very long time and people are able to quit their jobs and move to better-paying jobs," said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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