The Federal Reserve on Wednesday surprised markets with a fortification of its higher-for-longer stance on interest rates, penciling in only half as many rate cuts next year as had been expected.
Fed officials kept the central bank’s policy rate at a 22-year high, but redrew their so-called “dot plot,” a chart of the potential path of short-term rates over time, in a less favorable way for borrowers.
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