Fed downplays Delta risks as interest rates left unchanged

The message was 'somewhat hawkish'

Kathleen Gallagher
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The US Federal Reserve left interest rates and its multi-billion monthly programme of bond purchases unchanged after its latest meeting on Wednesday (28 July), as the central bank played down concerns about the coronavirus Delta variant in the US.

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