St. Louis Fed President Alberto Musalem has stated that maintaining higher interest rates is still appropriate due to ongoing inflationary pressures, which remain above the central bank's target of two percent. He prefers a steady approach to rate hikes rather than sudden changes, emphasizing the need for a careful evaluation ahead of the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee.

Many US Federal Reserve policymakers believe that interest rate hikes will be necessary if inflation does not decline, minutes of their July meeting showed on Wednesday, firming…

At its July 28-29 meeting, the FOMC decided to keep the federal funds target range unchanged at 3.5-3.75 per cent, in a 9-3 vote