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Policymakers at the Federal Reserve voted nine to two yesterday to hold interest rates steady.
The Fed has been under increasing pressure from President Trump to lower rates in order to give a quick boost to the economy.
After the vote,
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Trump's trade policy was a major factor in the decision.
Services inflation has continued to ease
while increased tariffs are pushing up prices in some categories of goods.
Near-term measures of inflation expectations have moved up on balance over the course of this year on news about tariffs,
as reflected in both market-based and survey-based measures.
Beyond the next year or so, however,
most measures of longer-term expectations remain consistent with our 2 percent inflation goal.
It was the first time in more than three decades that the Fed vote was not unanimous.
This week's killing of a Palestinian activist in the West Bank by a Jewish settler is being widely condemned.