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Federal Reserve holds rates under Warsh as three dissenting votes mark sharpest non-cut split in decades

7/29/2026

Rate expectations faced a sharp recalibration.

The Federal Reserve, under Chair Kevin Warsh, voted to keep interest rates unchanged at its latest meeting, a decision that drew three dissenting votes from committee members.

The outcome has been characterized as the most notable non-cut decision in decades, making this an unusually significant hold by any modern measure.

A hold with rare internal friction Three dissenting votes at a meeting where the committee chose not to cut is a signal that the rate debate inside the Federal Open Market Committee is live and contested.

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