The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday.

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Os índices de ações dos EUA avançaram na quarta-feira (28) depois que o Fed (Federal Reserve dos EUA) manteve sua principal taxa de juros inalterada, como amplamente esperado, transferindo a probabilidade de um aumento da taxa para sua próxima reunião de política monetária em dezembro.

Em comunicado complementar, o Fed revisou para cima sua avaliação da economia, reconhecendo, porém, que a inflação “permanece elevada”. Na coletiva de imprensa que se seguiu à divulgação, o presidente do Fed, Kevin Warsh, afirmou que o banco central deixou clara sua disposição e prontidão para agir.

Segundo a ferramenta FedWatch da CME, os mercados financeiros estão precificando uma probabilidade de 87,4% de um aumento de 25 pontos-base na taxa de juros na reunião de dezembro do Fed, acima dos 78,3% registrados na terça-feira.

As previsões de aumento das taxas de juros podem ser influenciadas por dados esperados para quinta-feira, incluindo o relatório de Despesas de Consumo Pessoal do Departamento de Comércio – que inclui o indicador de inflação preferido do banco central – e uma prévia do PIB (Produto Interno Bruto) terceiro trimestre.

A Microsoft e a Alphabet devem divulgar seus resultados trimestrais após o fechamento dos mercados.

Segundo dados preliminares, o S&P 500 subiu 25,43 pontos, ou 0,33%, fechando em 7.748,03 pontos, enquanto o Nasdaq Composite avançou 83,42 pontos, ou 0,32%, para 26.561,24. O Dow Jones Industrial Average teve alta de 126,21 pontos, ou 0,24%, para 52.503,78.

The Federal Reserve will change its calendar next year to dedicate one of its eight meetings to a broad discussion of monetary policy strategy rather than deciding the appropriate policy rate, Fed chairman Kevin Warsh said Wednesday. Warsh said that

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Bond yields ticked up Wednesday morning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates, with investors expecting the central bank to keep borrowing costs steady.  The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield was trading at more than 5.02 percent as of midmorning, up by roughly 3 basis points from closing time Tuesday. The note dipped…

The Federal Reserve kept its key rate unchanged Wednesday at about 3.9% despite stubbornly high inflation, while providing little hint about the central bank's next moves.

Bond yields ticked up Wednesday morning ahead of the Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates, with investors expecting the central bank to keep borrowing costs steady.  The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield was trading at more than 5.02 percent as of midmorning, up by roughly 3 basis points from closing time Tuesday. The note dipped…

Fed chair Kevin Warsh said politics played no role in pause of interest rate hikes, despite inflation remaining above 3%

The US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday during its last board meeting before the midterm elections, keeping rates at one of the highest pre-election levels seen in over 20 years.

Two out of 12 board members voted against the pause, preferring to raise rates by a quarter point this meeting, the Fed board said in a statement.

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