{"id":148137,"date":"2026-03-18T18:52:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148137"},"modified":"2026-03-18T18:52:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T18:52:46","slug":"us-fed-defies-trump-to-keep-interest-rates-unchanged-amid-iran-war-concernsunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=148137","title":{"rendered":"US Fed defies Trump to keep interest rates unchanged amid Iran war concernsUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday as expected, in defiance of President Donald Trump as the world\u2019s largest economy battles stubborn inflation, weak labour demand and an \u201cuncertain\u201d outlook due to the war in Iran.<br \/>\nThe Fed\u2019s 11-1 vote kept rates steady at a range between 3.50 per cent and 3.75 per cent, with officials flagging one expected rate cut by the end of the year.<br \/>\n\u201cThe implications of developments in the Middle East for the US economy are uncertain,\u201d the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3347084\/us-fed-defies-trump-keep-interest-rates-unchanged-amid-iran-war-concerns?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday as expected, in defiance of President Donald Trump as the world\u2019s&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148137"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}