{"id":659847,"date":"2026-10-28T18:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659847\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T18:52:11","slug":"federal-reserve-leaves-us-interest-rates-unchanged-follow-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/659847\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Reserve leaves US interest rates unchanged &#8211; follow live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cost of living top of mind for American voterspublished at 17:30 GMT<\/p>\n<p>17:30 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1l98ssq-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/a1462f87-b5c0-43b2-8a08-2f7c7a8f1bff.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Bernd Debusmann Jr<br \/>White House reporter<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Today&#8217;s announcement comes just a few days before the US midterm elections, and at a time in which Americans are immensely concerned about the state of the economy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In most US elections, economic concerns such as inflation are the primary driver for voters, who often cast their ballots in the hopes that, more than anything, their day-to-day financial situation improves. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One poll, released by Pew Research several days ago, found that 84% of registered voters say the the economy is very important to their vote &#8211; a fact which is true of both Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Interest rates are set by the Federal Reserve, and raising or lowering them isn&#8217;t something that voters have any direct control over.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Borrowing costs, however, remain a primary concern, and the decisions of the next Congress could have an impact on inflation &#8211; meaning that the issue may well be on the minds of voters next Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cost of living top of mind for American voterspublished at 17:30 GMT 17:30 GMT Bernd Debusmann JrWhite House&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":659848,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[114,85,46],"class_list":["post-659847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=659847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/659848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}