# MAJOR! Federal Reserve March Rate Decision Released, Market Faces Key Turning Point

In the early morning of March 19 Beijing time, the Federal Reserve announced the March FOMC rate decision: maintaining the interest rate at 3.50%—3.75% unchanged, holding steady for the second consecutive time, basically in line with market expectations.

But the real focus is——the overall stance is notably hawkish.

Affected by geopolitical situations, rising oil prices, and other factors, the Federal Reserve raised inflation expectations and lowered economic growth expectations; the dot plot also showed significant changes, with rate cut expectations for 2026 declining from 1 to 0, and "no rate cuts within the year" gradually becoming the mainstream view.

Powell's remarks were also direct: high interest rates may persist longer, and rate cut timing has been notably delayed.

The core of this meeting is not "whether there was a change," but rather the hawkish bias exceeded expectations.

Against the backdrop of sustained high interest rate environment, the US dollar, gold, stock market, and global capital flows will all be impacted, with liquidity tightening pressures still present.

Simply put:
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