WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday ended its monthly bond purchase programme and dropped a characterisation of US labour market slack as "significant" in a show of confidence in the economy's prospects.
In a statement after a two-day meeting, the central bank largely dismissed recent financial market volatility, dimming growth in Europe and a weak inflation outlook as unlikely to undercut progress toward its unemployment and inflation goals.
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