The Federal Reserve will hike interest rates as high as 5.1% in 2023 before the central bank ends its fight against runaway inflation, according to its median forecast released on Wednesday.
The Fed announced a 50-basis-point rate hike Wednesday, taking the borrowing rate to a targeted range between 4.25% and 4.5%.
The so-called dot-plot, which the Fed uses to signal its outlook for the path of interest rates, showed 17 of the 19 “dots” would take rates above 5% in 2023.
The series of rate hikes are expected to slow down the economy. The Summary of Economic Projections from the Fed showed that the central bank expected GDP gains at just 0.5%, barely above what would be considered a recession.
The rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee also raised its median anticipation of its favored core inflation measure to 4.8%, up 0.3 percentage points from the September projections.
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