Federal Reserve officials voted to hold interest rates steady at their January FOMC meeting — the first of 2026 — as they try to balance both sides of the US central bank’s dual mandate: inflation and the labor market.
Yahoo Finance speaks with experts about what this decision means for future rate cuts, markets and the economy.
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