US Fed holds key rate steady as Powell says March cut unlikely

The US Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to leave interest rates unchanged for the fourth straight meeting, while indicating it was moving toward future cuts — but probably not before May at the earliest. But it added that the rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is unlikely to start cutting interest rates “until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably” toward two percent.

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