Description
Added on the 20/03/2024 19:45:44 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Federal Reserve will leave its key interest rate at zero "until we're confident that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve our maximum employment and price stability goals," says Fed Chair Jerome Powell during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde announces that ECB European Central Bank left its key interest rates unchanged again. The third consecutive pause since October was widely expected, and leaves the benchmark deposit rate at a record high of four percent. SOUNDBITE
The US Federal Reserve votes to hold interest rates at a 22-year high for the third straight meeting and signaled it expects to make three cuts next year. SOUNDBITE
"The median projection for real GDP growth stands at just 0.5 percent this year and next," says US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. SOUNDBITE
"The recovery is incomplete and risks to the economic outlook remain," US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says during remarks in Washington. SOUNDBITE