“Price stability is the bedrock of a healthy economy and provides the public with immeasurable benefits over time. But restoring price stability when inflation is high can require measures that are not popular in the short term as we raise interest rates to slow the economy,” the chairman said in prepared remarks for the panel discussion in Stockholm. Powell's comments focused on central banks' independence and were short of details on the coming interest-rate decisions. The Federal Reserve raised the fed funds rate by 50bps to 4.25%-4.5% during its last monetary policy meeting of 2022, pushing borrowing costs to the highest level since 2007, and in line with market expectations. Fed Officials also have signaled their intention to lift the rate above 5% in 2023 and keep it there throughout the year. source: Federal Reserve
Interest Rate in the United States averaged 5.42 percent from 1971 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 20.00 percent in March of 1980 and a record low of 0.25 percent in December of 2008. This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Fed Funds Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Fed Funds Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on January of 2023.
Interest Rate in the United States is expected to be 5.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States Fed Funds Rate is projected to trend around 4.25 percent in 2024 and 3.25 percent in 2025, according to our econometric models.