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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Federal Reserve Expected to Leave Interest Rates Unchanged This Week

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington on Oct. 29, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch TimesThe Federal Reserve will make its first policy decision of the year on Jan. 28, and traders expect the central bank to leave interest rates unchanged.Investors are penciling a 97 percent chance that monetary policymakers will keep the benchmark federal funds rate—a key rate that influences business and consumer borrowing costs—in a range of 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent, according to CME FedWatch Tool data.

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