A job seeker looks at a US Census Bureau now hiring flyer about jobs with the US Federal government as they attend an Inspire Together job and resource fair in Los Angeles, California on July 29, 2026. The US Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, with surging inflation fueled by President Donald Trump's war on Iran seeing three of the committee's 12 policymakers calling for a quarter-percentage-point rate hike. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images)