Federal Reserve holds rates steady but signals possible hike before year’s end

Open markets committee says ‘economic activity is expanding at a solid pace’ in first meeting under new chair Kevin Warsh US stock markets dropped on Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged and signaled a possible rate hike before the end of the year. The Fed ...

Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/17/federal-reserve-interest-rates)