Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged This Week

Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged This Week

This week saw one of the more widely anticipated Fed announcements in recent years as investors looked to see if the “zero” interest rate environment would begin to be put behind us.  As was widely publicized yesterday, the Fed elected to do nothing based upon concerns of an economic global slowdown. First Trust’s economic team issued a report that provides the text of the Fed’s statement, along with their perspective of what we can expect moving forward. Learn More.