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In a news conference after the meeting, Fed Chair Jerome Powell noted the economy’s resilience, with major industries like housing, financial services and others adapting to the coronavirus pandemic with new technologies and strategies. Reuters pic
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WASHINGTON, Jan 28 The Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its key overnight interest rate near zero and made no change to its monthly bond purchases, pledging again to keep those economic pillars in place until there is a full rebound from the pandemic-triggered recession.
That hasn’t happened, and in the statement released after the end of their latest two-day meeting, US central bank policymakers flagged a worrying slowdown in the pace of the recovery.
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