The Federal Reserve announced that it will raise the target range for the federal funds rate to between 4.75% and 5% on Wednesday, marking a quarter point increase and its second such move of 2023.

The Federal Reserve announced that it will raise the target range for the federal funds rate to between 4.5% and 4.75%, marking a quarter point increase. The move was less drastic than its seven rate increases in 2022, with all but one of those lifting rates by three quarters of a point.

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve made its third hike to the federal funds rate in 2022, increasing the rate to a range between 1.5% and 1.75%. According to Yahoo Finance, the 0.75 percentage point increase was “the largest move [the Fed] has made in a single meeting since 1994.”

On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve unveiled its plan to raise the federal funds rate to 0.75% to 1%. According to Yahoo Finance, the 0.5% hike was “the most aggressive increase made in a single meeting since May 2000.”