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Federal Reserve keeps rate unchanged

Note: This section contains information in English only.
Source: Dukascopy Bank SA


The United States Federal Reserve has just revealed that it will keep the Federal Funds Rate unchanged at 5.50%. The news caused a 0.15% drop of the US Dollar index from 107.00 down to 106.82.

The event was followed by the press conference of the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell. His initial talk caused a boost of the USD. However the afterwards question and answers session crashed the USD.
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