• Federal Reserve kept its interest rate unchanged

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18 September 2014

Federal Reserve kept its interest rate unchanged

The Federal Reserve released the results of its monetary policy meeting yesterday. The Fed kept its interest rate unchanged at 0.00-0.25%, but it cut its asset purchase program by another $10 billion to $15 billion. The Fed added it want to close its asset purchase program in the next month.

The Fed also said it will keep its interest rate unchanged for "a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends".

The Fed noted "there remains significant underutilization of labor resources".

The Fed raised its estimates for interest rate. The U.S. central bank said interest rate will be 3.75% at the end of 2017.

The Fed Chair Janet Yellen said at the press conference yesterday that the labour market has not recovered fully and inflation has been below the Fed's 2% target.

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