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#FedHoldsRateButDividesDeepen
On April 30, the Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate at 3.50%–3.75% for the third consecutive meeting — a decision that was widely expected but delivered in a manner no one anticipated. The 8-4 vote split marked the deepest internal division at the FOMC since 1992, exposing a central bank fractured not merely on timing, but on the fundamental question of what direction policy should even lean.
Three regional Fed presidents — Cleveland's Beth Hammack, Minneapolis' Neel Kashkari, and Dallas' Lorie Logan — formally dissented against retaining the statement's eas