The U.S. Federal Reserve announced that it would maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5.25% to 5.5%, in line with consensus market expectations. Powell noted that U.S. inflation has eased but is still well above target; in order to achieve a sufficiently restrictive policy stance, "further interest rate increases may be necessary." He stressed that the bank has not considered cutting interest rates at all as an option. .
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