From new york, heres the bbc s north America Business correspondent, michelle fleury. Stubborn inflation pushes back the timing of the first rate cut. The Us Federal Reserve voted to keep its Benchmark Lending Rate at a 23 year high on wednesday. Officials have said they want more certainty that inflation is under control before they Lower Borrowing costs. They do not have that yet. Here is chair, jerome powell, during his press conference. The economy has made considerable progress towards our dual mandate objectives. Inflation has eased substantially over the past year, while the Labour Market has remained strong. And that is very good news. But inflation is still too high, further progress in bringing it down is not assured and the path forward is uncertain. We are fully committed to returning inflation to our 2 goal. While the prices of many goods have fallen, from cars to furniture, an increase in housing and Petrol Prices have contributed to a recent rise in consumer inflation. W
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two big stories we are following, and the minute we are expecting to see the federal reserve will hold interest rates steady for a third time, we will bring you the decision and what this means for your wallet. lawmakers will vote on what are whether to formalize the impeachment inquiry into joe biden. it demands a public hearing, much more on the showdown on capitol hill straight ahead, we are following major developing stories and more coming in to cnn news central. wall street will learn of the federal reserve board will meet expectations by keeping interest rates steady for the third time in a row. they have not reached their target rate for inflation, but the treasury secretary thinks that can happen by the end of next year, analyst don t expect high interest rates to go anywhere, let s get straight to straight business correspondent, the chief economist. what is the fedde decision? we can call it a trend, this is the third straight meeting the federal reserve ha