Jan 30, 2025 02:57 AM IST
Fed officers made a unanimous determination to maintain the in a single day rate of interest within the present 4.25%-4.50% vary.
The U.S. greenback was firmer towards main currencies on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve left rates of interest unchanged as broadly anticipated, however gave scant clues about additional reductions in borrowing prices this 12 months.
The greenback strengthened 0.51% to 0.908 towards the Swiss franc(Consultant Picture)
Fed officers made a unanimous determination to maintain the in a single day rate of interest within the present 4.25%-4.50% vary, placing the central financial institution in a holding sample as they await additional inflation and jobs knowledge and readability on the impression of President Donald Trump’s insurance policies.
“Today’s statement would suggest that policymakers are taking a hawkish view, on balance, of these fundamentals, but uncertainties surrounding the new administration’s direction – on fiscal, trade, and government spending matters – are high, and officials have said they don’t intend to react until policies reach the implementation stage and begin to impact incoming economic data,” Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Corpay, stated in a notice.
The greenback strengthened 0.51% to 0.908 towards the Swiss franc. Towards the Japanese yen, the greenback weakened 0.09% to 155.37.
The greenback index, which measures the dollar towards a basket of currencies together with the yen and the euro, rose 0.2% to 108.14.
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