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发表于 2010-6-23 12:59 PM
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Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Citing Overseas Threats to U.S. Growth The Federal Reserve's policy-making arm said on Wednesdaythat it had decided to keep short-term interest rates nearzero for "an extended period" in light of continuing threatsto economic growth, including "developments abroad." The Federal Open Market Committee's decision to stick withits low-interest-rate policy was expected, given thepersistently high unemployment rate and continuing weaknessin housing and consumer spending. As before, the committee said, economic conditions "includinglow rates of resource utilization, subdued inflation trends,and stable inflation expectations, are likely to warrantexceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for anextended period." |
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