Photo: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg

Federal Reserve officials paused on Wednesday following 15 months of interest-rate hikes, but they signaled they will likely resume tightening at some point to continue cooling inflation.

“Holding the target range steady at this meeting allows the committee to assess additional information and its implications for monetary policy,” the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in a statement released in Washington Wednesday.

Policymakers also adjusted the language in their statement, referring to how they would determine “the extent of additional policy firming that may be appropriate,” rather than “the extent to which additional policy firming may be appropriate.”

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