
- The Federal Open Market Committee kept interest rates unchanged at its Wednesday meeting.
- Fed funds futures implied a 55% probability of a September rate hike as of Wednesday afternoon, according to CME Group's FedWatch tool.
- Chair Kevin Warsh declined to provide forward guidance and said the Fed is assessing whether supply shocks are broadening their effects on prices.
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“We are on the job. We will deliver.”
“We take these shocks seriously.”
“We are not relying on any one individual piece of data as cover or as an excuse or as validation.”