The Fed sets a Pause

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The Fed sets a Pause

The U.S. key interest rates unchanged: The Federal Reserve Bank will leave the key set to supply the financial system with money at 0.25 to 0.5 percent. In December they had it for the first time since nearly ten years have increased.

Six weeks after the first interest rate hike in the United States for almost a decade waiting for the U.S. Central Bank Federal Reserve with a further increase in the level of interest rates. Of the monetary competent Offenmarktausschuss the Fed left its key interest rate on Wednesday from 0.25 to 0.5 percent. The Central Bank noted in its statement that the economic growth of the United States recently “slowed down”.

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This is regarded as a Signal that further interest rate hikes out of deference to markets and the economy is in no rush want. However, stated the monetary authorities that the effects of the Ölpreisverfalls and of the strong dollar on the undesirable low Inflation continue to “temporarily” stopped.

An increase at the next meeting in mid-March was from investors, most recently as the rather unlikely assessed. Many experts anticipate that with the three Steps in this year.

The financial crisis is considered as overcome …

At the end of 2008, the Federal Reserve in the face of the financial crisis, the key interest rate at the record low of zero to 0.25 percent. Last month ended the Central Bank, then the Era of the Nullzinsen and raised the key interest rate by 0.25 percentage points – the first increase since the year 2006. As had a reason to the Fed to improve the situation on the labour market led.

… but still ruled the caution

Wall Street was rattled on the today’s interest rate decision. The Dow Jones Index turned in a volatile trade into negative territory. The yields on US government bonds fell slightly. The Euro put the Dollar further.

The economic slowdown in China and the free Fall of Oil prices, had the markets at the beginning of a tailspin sent. This development is regarded by many investors as signs of an ailing global economy.

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