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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years, a sharp reversal that began taking back cuts it made last year and implicitly undercut the White House's insistence that inflation isn't a concern.

The increase, approved unanimously, will raise the benchmark federal-funds rate range by a quarter point to between 3.75% and 4%. The vast majority of officials penciled in one more hike this year in interest-rate projections released after their meeting.

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Queso1 said:

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For any semblance of reality they need to raise it another 25%…not .25%

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Queso1 said:

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For any semblance of reality they need to raise it another 25%…not .25%

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CCAg95 said:

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Unfortunately, the federal debt is so high that raising interest rates in inflationary. The quarter point raise just pumps another $100B into the economy.

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Picard said:

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They raise rates right before a crash

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Picard said:

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They raise rates right before a crash

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MemphisAg1 said:

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded the Federal Reserve slash interest rates to 1% "or less," hours after the central bank announced its first rate hike since 2023.

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The dude's got the biggest tin foil hat in history. He's apparently incapable of recognizing this his tariffs and war are driving inflation, while his out-of-control spending results in a 6% annual deficit ballooning our debt and reducing our credit-worthiness, both of which lead to higher interest rates.

Never did like his obsession with tariffs and neither did the courts. I understand why he's confronting Iran's ability to harm us and allies, even if he's been embarrassingly incompetent in how he's managed and communicated it.

But to do all those things and then point the blame at others is the height of hypocrisy.

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He's apparently incapable of recognizing this his tariffs and war are driving inflation, while his out-of-control spending results in a 6% annual deficit ballooning our debt and reducing our credit-worthiness, both of which lead to higher interest rates.

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MemphisAg1 said:

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded the Federal Reserve slash interest rates to 1% "or less," hours after the central bank announced its first rate hike since 2023.

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The dude's got the biggest tin foil hat in history. He's apparently incapable of recognizing this his tariffs and war are driving inflation, while his out-of-control spending results in a 6% annual deficit ballooning our debt and reducing our credit-worthiness, both of which lead to higher interest rates.

Never did like his obsession with tariffs and neither did the courts. I understand why he's confronting Iran's ability to harm us and allies, even if he's been embarrassingly incompetent in how he's managed and communicated it.

But to do all those things and then point the blame at others is the height of hypocrisy.

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Queso1 said:

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For any semblance of reality they need to raise it another 25%…not .25%

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Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less, because we are the Best Credit in the World — BY FAR. Our Country is BOOMING with new Investment! If we stopped Trading with every country that we have a Deficit with, which is most of them, we would make, at least, 1.5… pic.twitter.com/TWera4wnVc

— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) September 16, 2026

Q: Do you acknowledge that they’re raising rates to bring down prices because of the war in Iran?

Trump: No, they’re doing it to make Trump do as bad as possible. The problem we have is we have the greatest economy in history. pic.twitter.com/wBVMePsuVX

— Acyn (@Acyn) September 16, 2026

CCAg95 said:

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Unfortunately, the federal debt is so high that raising interest rates in inflationary. The quarter point raise just pumps another $100B into the economy.

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