Fed holds interest rates steady in face of persistent inflation

Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady on Wednesday despite stubborn inflation. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 10-2 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate range at 3.75 percent to 4 percent. Fed Governor Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, dissented in favor...

Federal Reserve officials held interest rates steady on Wednesday despite stubborn inflation. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 10-2 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate range at 3.75 percent to 4 percent. Fed Governor Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, dissented in favor...