Understanding the FOMC and Federal Reserve: Why July 30, 2025, Matters More Than You Think
At 11:49 PM IST on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) announced its decision to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.25%–4.50%. Markets responded with muted optimism, while analysts and investors scrambled to decode what this pause signals for the U.S. economy, inflation, and the future of monetary policy. But beneath the …