The American central bank (Fed) announced on Wednesday a fourth consecutive increase in its key rates, raising them by three-quarters of a point to place them between 2.25 and 2.50%, and plans to continue this movement against inflation, which remains very high. “Recent spending and production indicators have slowed. However, job creations have remained robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate is still low,” the Fed commented in a statement issued after the meeting of its monetary committee (FOMC).