WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials are more upbeat about the prospects for employment for the rest of this year but foresee higher inflation than they did at the start of the year.
|In an updated forecast, the Fed projects the economy will grow between 3.1 percent and 3.3 percent this year. That's a downward revision from their last forecast, which saw growth possibly as high as 3.9 percent this year. The new forecast reflects slower growth in the first three months of this year because of higher energy costs.
|The Fed's latest outlook foresees lower unemployment than was expected in January. The unemployment rate, which stood at 9.8 percent in November, has fallen to 8.8 percent. The Fed's new forecast projects the unemployment rate will fall to between 8.4 percent and 8.7 percent by the end of the year.
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