国际英语资讯:U.S. Fed keeps interest rates near zero amid COVID-19 fallout
<p><span word="WASHINGTON">WASHINGTON</span>, <span word="April">April</span> 29-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="Federal">Federal</span> <span word="Reserve">Reserve</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="benchmark">benchmark</span> <span word="interest">interest</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="unchanged">unchanged</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="record">record</span>-<span word="low">low</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="zero">zero</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="fallout">fallout</span> <span word="continues">continues</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="ripple">ripple</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="ongoing">ongoing</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="weigh">weigh</span> <span word="heavily">heavily</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="activity">activity</span>, <span word="employment">employment</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="inflation">inflation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="term">term</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="poses">poses</span> <span word="considerable">considerable</span> <span word="risks">risks</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="outlook">outlook</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medium">medium</span> <span word="term">term</span>," <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Fed">Fed</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="concluding">concluding</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="two">two</span>-<span word="day">day</span> <span word="policy">policy</span> <span word="meeting">meeting</span>, <span word="adding">adding</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Fed">Fed</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="policy">policy</span>-<span word="making">making</span> <span word="committee">committee</span> <span word="decided">decided</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="maintain">maintain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="funds">funds</span> <span word="rate">rate</span> <span word="at">at</span> 0-0.25 <span word="percent">percent</span>.</p><p>"<span word="The">The</span> <span word="Committee">Committee</span> <span word="expects">expects</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="maintain">maintain</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="target">target</span> <span word="range">range</span> <span word="until">until</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="confident">confident</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="weathered">weathered</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="events">events</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="track">track</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="achieve">achieve</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="maximum">maximum</span> <span word="employment">employment</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="stability">stability</span> <span word="goals">goals</span>," <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="bank">bank</span>.</p>
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