FOMC ne is ghair yaqini surat-e-haal ke bawajood sood ki شرع barqarar rakhi.
May 2025 ke meeting mein, Federal Reserve ke Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) ne federal funds rate ko 4.25%–4.50% par barqarar rakhne ka faisla kiya. Q1 mein GDP mein 0.3% ki kami aur March mein inflation 2.6% tak girne ke bawajood, Fed abhi bhi ehtiyaat se kaam le raha hai kyunke inflation ke barqarar rehne aur President Trump ki aggressive tariff policies ke economic asraat par fikr hai.
Labor market abhi bhi mazboot hai — April mein berozgari ki شرع 4.2% par rahi aur 177,000 naye jobs add huay. Magar Fed ko umeed hai ke economic growth slow hogi aur inflation high rahega. Agar zarurat pesh aayi to is saal ke akhir tak do dafa quarter-point rate cuts kiye ja sakte hain.
Chair Jerome Powell ne kaha ke unka approach “wait-and-see” hoga, aur saari policy decisions data par mabni hongi — khas taur par inflation aur labor market ki situation dekh kar. Ab market yeh expect kar raha hai ke pehla rate cut July mein ho sakta hai, jo ke economic uncertainty ke dor mein Fed ki ehtiyaat ko dikhata hai..