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FOMC erhöht Fed-Funds-Zielrate auf 5,25 (5,00) Prozent
FOMC erhöht Fed-Funds-Zielrate auf 5,25 (5,00) Prozent
Washington (vwd) - Der Offenmarktausschuss der US-Notenbank (FOMC) hat am
Dienstag erwartungsgemäß die Leitzinsen erhöht. Die Fed-Funds-Zielrate
beträgt demnach nun 5,25 nach bislang 5,00 Prozent. Der zweite Leitzins, der
Diskontsatz, wurde auf 4,75 (4,50) Prozent erhöht. Zuletzt hatte die Federal
Reserve die Fed-Funds-Rate am 30. Juni um 25 Basispunkte auf 5,00 Prozent
erhöht. Der Diskontsatz war am 17. November vergangenen Jahres um 1/4 Punkt
auf 4,50 Prozent gesenkt worden. Weiter hieß es von den Notenbankern, die
geldpolitische Richtung habe nun neutralere Vorzeichen.
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DOKUMENTATION/Das FOMC-Statement zur Zinserhöhung im Wortlaut
DOKUMENTATION/Das FOMC-Statement zur Zinserhöhung im Wortlaut
"The Federal Open Market Committee today voted to raise its target for
the federal funds rate by 25 basis points to 5-1/4 percent. In a related
action, the Board of Governors approved a 25 basis point increase in the
discount rate to 4-3/4 percent. With financial markets functioning more
normally, and with persistent strength in domestic demand, foreign economies
firming and labor markets remaining very tight, the degree of monetary ease
required to address the global financial market turmoil of last fall is no
longer consistent with sustained, noninflationary, economic expansion.
Today's increase in the federal funds rate, together with the policy
action in June and the firming of conditions more generally in U.S.
financial markets over recent months, should markedly diminish the risk of
rising inflation going forward. As a consequence, the directive the Federal
Open Market Committee adopted is symmetrical with regard to the outlook for
policy over the near term.
In taking the discount rate action, the Federal Reserve Board approved
requests submitted by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks
of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, Chicago,
St. Louis, Kansas City, and San Francisco. The discount rate is the interest
rate that is charged depository institutions when they borrow from their
district Federal Reserve Banks."
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