This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting in December.
Text removed from the December statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle.
Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined.
Black text appears in both statements.
Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference here.
Key Points Traders on Kalshi think inflation will likely rise above 4.5% in 2026. A smaller number believe price increases will breach 5%. Those levels are higher than economists’ forecasts, which see inflation peaking at an average of 3.8% in the second quarter. Source
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Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Vestis – The uniform and apparel maker surged more than 30% after its fiscal second-quarter results beat expectations. Vestis also raised its fiscal 2026 EBITDA outlook. Zebra Technologies – The automation stock popped 17% on better-than-expected Q1 results. Zebra earned $4.75 per share, excluding certain items, […]
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