Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause.

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause.

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause. Most Fed watchers expect the central bank to announce on Wednesday afternoon a relatively modest quarter-point hike in its benchmark rate, its ninth increase since March of last year. Yet for the first time in …

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER (AP Economics Writer) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause. Most Fed watchers expect the central bank to announce on Wednesday afternoon a relatively modest quarter-point hike in its benchmark rate, its ninth increase since Ma…

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER (AP Economics Writer) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause. Most Fed watchers expect the central bank to announce on Wednesday afternoon a relatively modest quarter-point hike in its benchmark rate, its ninth increase since Ma…

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER (AP Economics Writer) WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause. Most Fed watchers expect the central bank to announce on Wednesday afternoon a relatively modest quarter-point hike in its benchmark rate, its ninth increase since Ma…