US interest rate hike appropriate in coming months
The United States could see the next interest rate hike in upcoming months, US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen stated on Friday, Sputnik reported.
"I think for the Fed to gradually and cautiously increase our
overnight interest over time and probably in the coming months,
such a move would be appropriate," Yellen said at Harvard
University in Boston.
On Thursday, Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell also noted that
the increase of the US interest rate may be appropriate "fairly
soon."
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said earlier in spring the interest rate hike possibility remains open for the policy meeting in June.
On April 27, the FOMC announced that the US interest rates will stay unchanged at the 0.25-0.5 percent range.
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