{"id":18941,"date":"2025-12-30T21:57:59","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/fed-minutes-show-deep-division-bitcoin-holds-steady\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T21:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T21:58:06","slug":"fed-minutes-show-deep-division-bitcoin-holds-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/fed-minutes-show-deep-division-bitcoin-holds-steady\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed minutes show deep division, Bitcoin holds steady"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Minutes from the Federal Reserve\u2019s December 9-10 meeting revealed that most officials still see additional interest-rate cuts as appropriate if inflation continues to decline, but they remain sharply divided on timing and magnitude. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_bf291d54251a617832ed0e98832401f9\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bitcoin formed several bearish chart patterns, indicating a deeper decline in the coming weeks.<\/li>\n<li>The Federal Reserve\u2019s published minutes highlighted the tightrope policymakers walked in their latest decision.<\/li>\n<li>Many officials focused on protecting the labor market, while others warned that reducing rates too soon could signal a weaker commitment to the 2% inflation target.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>The record, released Tuesday, highlighted the tightrope policymakers walked in their latest decision, which modestly reinforced expectations that rates will likely stay unchanged at the Fed\u2019s January meeting.<\/p>\n<p>The December vote lowered the benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.5\u20133.75% for the third consecutive meeting, with three officials dissenting\u2014one favoring a larger cut, two preferring no change. Rate projections for 2025 underscored the split, with some policymakers advocating for holding rates steady while others see further cuts as necessary.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A broader debate<\/h2>\n<p>The minutes highlighted divergent views on economic priorities, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-12-30\/fed-minutes-show-most-officials-expect-additional-rate-cuts?srnd=homepage-americas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Bloomberg News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many officials focused on protecting the labor market, while others warned that reducing rates too soon could signal a weaker commitment to the 2% inflation target. Complicating the discussion, officials lacked comprehensive economic data due to the recent government shutdown, though new labor and inflation reports have since offered some guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Markets responded cautiously. Federal funds futures now show only a 15% chance of a January cut, while Bitcoin, which had formed several bearish chart patterns ahead of the minutes, moved modestly, trading around $88,175 at the time of release.<\/p>\n<p>With the U.S. economy posting 4.3% growth in Q3 and unemployment rising to 4.6% in November, Fed policymakers face a delicate balance in the year ahead, one that could keep crypto markets on edge as investors weigh the impact of monetary policy on risk assets.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minutes from the Federal Reserve\u2019s December 9-10 meeting revealed that most officials still see additional interest-rate cuts as appropriate if inflation continues to decline, but they remain sharply divided on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18942,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18941\/revisions\/18942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}