POWELL: VERY STRONGLY COMMITTED TO KEEPING INFLATION EXPECTATIONS ANCHORED AT 2%

- FOMC vote: 11–1 to hold rates at 3.5%–3.75%; Governor Stephen Miran dissented for a 25 bp cut. - Dot plot: median projects one 25 bp cut in 2026, one in 2027, unchanged from December. - Core PCE inflation for end-2026: 2.7% (up from 2.5%); GDP growth 2.4% (up from 2.3%). - Fed cites uncertainty from Middle East developments. - Job gains remain low; unemployment “little changed.” - Economic activity expanding at a “solid pace”; inflation “somewhat elevated.”

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