The United States Federal Reserve will raise its policy interest rate at the September 202

[Economy]Correct

The United States Federal Reserve will raise its policy interest rate at the September 2026 FOMC meeting.

“Plus, the inflation print, the transfer rate hike is now 90%.”

Kyle · SAfm · Market Update with Moneyweb · 14 Sept 2026

The verdict· graded 17 Sept

The Federal Reserve raised the target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter point, to 3-3/4 to 4 percent, at its 16 September 2026 meeting. (Corrected by the desk: the earlier explanation was an undecided draft.)

The claim was that the Fed would raise its policy rate at the September 2026 FOMC meeting. The Federal Reserve's own statement for that meeting says the Committee decided to raise the target range by a quarter of a percentage point.

Source

federalreserve.gov

Reader poll: 100% said yes · 1 vote

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