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After the Federal Reserve released hawkish signals on Wednesday, Goldman Sachs adjusted its judgment on the central bank's interest rate hike path. Currently, it is expected that it will raise interest rates again in October. David Mericle, chief US economist at Goldman Sachs, wrote in the report: “We currently expect the Federal Open Market Committee to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points in October, and we previously expected September to be the only one; raising interest rates at two consecutive meetings will help inflation to “return in a more timely manner” to the 2% target Mericle said that the Fed officials unanimously passed the interest rate hike decision, while 16 policymakers expect to raise interest rates at least once before the end of the year; he also said that the Federal Reserve's median forecast for federal funds interest rates will be raised until the end of 2029 It is at a “quite high” level, and the median forecast for neutral interest rates has also risen Mericle also pointed out that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh emphasized that Wednesday's interest rate hike “brought back a certain degree of easing”. Walsh repeated this statement three times, suggesting that the Fed may raise interest rates again soon

Zhitongcaijing·09/17/2026 10:33:09
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After the Federal Reserve released hawkish signals on Wednesday, Goldman Sachs adjusted its judgment on the central bank's interest rate hike path. Currently, it is expected that it will raise interest rates again in October. David Mericle, chief US economist at Goldman Sachs, wrote in the report: “We currently expect the Federal Open Market Committee to raise interest rates by another 25 basis points in October, and we previously expected September to be the only one; raising interest rates at two consecutive meetings will help inflation to “return in a more timely manner” to the 2% target Mericle said that the Fed officials unanimously passed the interest rate hike decision, while 16 policymakers expect to raise interest rates at least once before the end of the year; he also said that the Federal Reserve's median forecast for federal funds interest rates will be raised until the end of 2029 It is at a “quite high” level, and the median forecast for neutral interest rates has also risen Mericle also pointed out that Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh emphasized that Wednesday's interest rate hike “brought back a certain degree of easing”. Walsh repeated this statement three times, suggesting that the Fed may raise interest rates again soon