“The committee decided to keep the target range of the federal funds rate at the level of 0-0.25%,” the statement said.
The regulator has kept the base rate for the eighth time after it twice unscheduled reduced it in March 2020 to the current level.
Earlier, the head of the Fed, Jerome Powell, said that the American authorities at this stage should not worry about the growth of national debt, since at the moment it is important to stimulate the economy.