Tag Archives: Federal Funds Rate

In light of the recent, lower-than-expected jobs report for September, the Federal Reserve may hold off on raising interest rates until stronger labor market data comes forth.

The minutes from the July 28-29, 2015 Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting released Wednesday confirmed that the economy is still unprepared for a hike in the federal funds rate, but the increase is imminent.

Although Federal Reserve officials determined that economic activity is expanding moderately, the housing sector has shown additional improvement, and job gains have been solid with declining unemployment, the federal funds rate will remain the same at a target range of 0 to 1/4 percent, according to the Federal Open Market Committee July meeting.

A new survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco finds investors aren't buying in to the central bank's projections of interest rate increases in the coming years. The San Francisco Fed's report comes one week before the FOMC announces its next economic policy move—and before Fed Chair Janet Yellen is scheduled to give her own hints at the central bank's timeline.