🔴 Statement of the U.S. Federal Reserve – December 2025 Meeting
🇺🇸 At the conclusion of the December 2025 meeting, the Monetary Policy Committee confirmed that the U.S. economy is still growing at a moderate pace, noting a clear slowdown in job creation and a slight increase in unemployment rates during the current year, reflecting the market entering a phase of 'orderly cooling' after years of tightening.
🇺🇸 The Fed reaffirmed its dual commitment to achieving maximum employment and maintaining price stability at a long-term inflation target of 2%, noting that the path of future monetary policy will remain fully contingent on the trajectory of economic data and developments in the risk environment.
🇺🇸 In support of these goals, and with the balance of risks changing between growth and inflation, the committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage points, to a range between 3.50% and 3.75%, in a move that reflects its desire to ease monetary constraints without sending an unconditional easing signal to the markets.
🇺🇸 The statement emphasized that any subsequent steps regarding the “scope and timing” of additional interest rate adjustments will be based on a careful and comprehensive assessment of incoming data, including inflation indicators, labor market conditions, and financial circumstances, in addition to an updated reading of the risk balances surrounding the U.S. economy.
📌 The most important message: this reduction is not a blank check for a broad easing cycle, but a calculated step within a policy that is entirely data-dependent, leaving the door open for all possibilities in upcoming meetings.
