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The US Federal Reserve voted to pause its aggressive campaign of interest rate hikes despite "elevated" inflation, while indicating a sharp increase could be needed before the end of the year, the chairman of the central bank Jerome Powell announces during a press conference in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
The US Federal Reserve votes to hold interest rates at a 22-year high for the third straight meeting and signaled it expects to make three cuts next year. SOUNDBITE
The US Federal Reserve has voted to hold interest rates at a 22-year high for a second straight meeting. "Today we decided to leave our policy interest rate unchanged," announces Fed chair Jerome Powell. SOUNDBITE
The US Federal Reserve is prepared to raise interest rates higher -- and hold them there -- in order to bring down elevated inflation. "We are prepared to raise rates further if appropriate, and intend to hold policy at a restrictive level until we are confident that inflation is moving sustainably down toward our objective," says Jerome Powell in a central banking conference in Wyoming. SOUNDBITE
US Fed Chair Jerome Powell says "in determining the extent to which additional policy may be appropriate to return inflation to two percent over time, the committee will take into account" the impact of existing interest rate hikes. SOUNDBITE