The US Federal Open Market Committee unanimously decided to raise interest rates by another 25bp during last week monetary policy meeting, taking the fed funds rate to 5.25%. More interestingly, the statement language was a notch more dovish than expected. While the FOMC does not promise anything for the August meeting, the overall message is still that near-term monetary policy remains data dependent, the FOMC is still vigilant on inflation and has retained its tightening bias.
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