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Fed Set to Raise Rates by 75 Basis Points Next Month - WSJ

Published 22/10/2022, 12:28 am
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By Geoffrey Smith

Investing.com -- The Federal Reserve is set to raise its key interest rates by 75 basis points for the fourth meeting in a row in November, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Citing sources familiar with the Fed's thinking, the WSJ said that the pace of further rate hikes after that will be less clear.

The Fed has raised the target range for fed funds to 3.25% this year, its highest since the Great Financial Crisis of 2008, in an effort to bring down inflation that has hit a sequence of 40-year highs. However, in recent days, there have been the first signs that at least some members of the Federal Open Market Committee want to slow the pace of monetary tightening, fearing an overshoot.

Such concerns are likely to be reflected in the Fed's guidance at the next meeting, but the WSJ concluded that for the time being, the majority is still in favor of keeping with the current pace of rate hikes until there is a visible improvement in inflation.

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