{"id":6415,"date":"2026-10-28T17:51:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-ahead-of-midterms\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:51:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T22:51:44","slug":"fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/28\/fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-ahead-of-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady Ahead of Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Federal Reserve maintains its benchmark rate at 3.75% to 4.00% as persistent inflation, strong economic growth, and elevated borrowing costs shape the outlook for consumers and businesses. WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 October 28, 2026 (STL.News) The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.75% to 4.00%, maintaining its current monetary policy as inflation remains elevated and Americans prepare for the November 3 midterm elections. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) approved the decision by a 10-2 vote following its October 27-28 meeting. Two policymakers favored another quarter-percentage-point increase, reflecting continuing concern that inflation has not<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stl.news\/fed-holds-interest-rates-steady-ahead-of-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Reserve maintains its benchmark rate at 3.75% to 4.00% as persistent inflation, strong economic growth, and elevated borrowing costs shape the outlook for consumers and businesses. WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 October 28, 2026 (STL.News) The Federal Reserve voted Wednesday to&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6415"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6417,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6415\/revisions\/6417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directsourcenews.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}