The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged as expected, but internal divisions reached a new high since 1992.

CoinFeed reported on April 30th that, according to Cailian Press, at 2:00 AM Beijing time on Thursday, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) of the Federal Reserve released its latest interest rate decision, in line with market expectations, maintaining the target range for the federal funds rate at 3.5% to 3.75%, marking the third consecutive meeting without change. Following the announcement, the three major US stock indices briefly declined, spot gold fell slightly, and the US dollar index rose by 10 points. The FOMC statement showed that the committee members voted 8 to 4 in favor of the interest rate decision. Milan voted against a 25 basis point rate cut; the other three dissenting votes came from Hamak, Kashkari, and Logan, who agreed to maintain the rate unchanged but "did not support including an accommodative bias in the statement." The last time four FOMC members voted against the decision was in October 1992.