FOMC Statement

The action was taken to cushion the effects on prospective economic growth in the United States of increasing weakness in foreign economies and of less accommodative financial conditions domestically. The recent changes in the global economy and adjustments in U.S. financial markets mean that a slightly lower federal funds rate should now be consistent with keeping inflation low and sustaining economic growth going forward. The discount rate remains unchanged at 5 percent. 1998 Monetary policy

Federal Reserve (1998, September 28). FOMC Statement. Fomc Statements, Federal Reserve. https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/fomc_statement_19980929

@misc{wtfs_fomc_statement_19980929,
  author = {Federal Reserve},
  title = {FOMC Statement},
  year = {1998},
  month = {Sep},
  howpublished = {Fomc Statements, Federal Reserve},
  url = {https://whenthefedspeaks.com/doc/fomc_statement_19980929},
  note = {Retrieved via When the Fed Speaks corpus}
}