President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that interest rates should be lowered and that this should accompany the upcoming tariffs. Following this development, all eyes turned to the Fed’s new interest rate decision. So, when will the FED interest rate decision be announced? The Federal Reserve (Fed) maintained its policy interest rate in the range of 4.25-4.50% at the first meeting of the year, in line with expectations. Those closely following the economic agenda are now focused on the date of the second interest rate decision of the year. Here is the latest on the Federal Reserve interest rate decision. The Federal Reserve (Fed) announced the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting schedule for the year 2025. The upcoming Fed meeting will take place on March 18-19, with the interest rate decision to be announced on March 19 at 10:00 PM GMT. The Federal Reserve (Fed) kept the policy interest rate steady in the range of 4.25-4.50%, in line with expectations. The statement from the Fed indicated that the decision to keep the interest rate steady was made unanimously. The statement mentioned that the target range for the federal funds rate was kept steady at 4.25-4.50% to support the bank’s goals. The announcement stated that recent indicators showed that economic activity continued to expand at a solid pace, the unemployment rate stabilized at a low level in recent months, and labor market conditions remained strong. The announcement also noted that inflation continued to remain somewhat elevated. It was highlighted that the statement removed the phrase “made progress towards the 2% inflation target” from previous statements in the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision text.