Fed rate decision: Recession fears have 'really faded,' professor says

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Fed regulators have come out of the September FOMC meeting deciding to keep interest rates unchanged, potentially leaving the door open for one more rate hike in 2023. Dartmouth College Economics Professor Andrew Levin and abrdn U.S. Research Economist Abigail Watt sit down with Yahoo Finance Live to react to the Fed's interest rate narrative and what it may signal for 2024. 'The extent to which their statement today used the word 'solid' to describe economic activity is a good word,' Levin, a former special adviser to the Federal Reserve Board, says. 'So one thing the Fed is reluctant to do is to talk about risks, and I think the truth is there's an upside risk to the inflation outlook.' For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Yahoo Finance Live.

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Andrew Botterill with Deloitte Canada says triple-digit crude prices this fall are a growing possibility due to surging global energy demand and decisions by Saudi Arabia and Russia to extend their recent oil production cuts to the end of the year. If crude breaks the US$100 mark, it will put growing pressure on consumers at the gasoline pumps.

 

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