WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve has held interest rates at 45-year lows as policy-makers renewed a commitment to keep borrowing costs down for a lengthy period, although they said the threat of falling prices had eased.
Analysts said the decision, and a Fed statement that risks of a drop in inflation now were balanced by chances of a pick-up in price pressures, meant the central bank was preparing the ground for eventual interest rate rises.
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