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the central bank of the United States and the Federal Reserve system freeze the existing zero interest rate, they have decided to maintain the zero interest rate by the end of next year or 2022. As such, it is uncertain when the U.S. economy and the world economy will recover, but on the contrary, they also expressed their willingness to keep money on the market until normalization.

First news, Correspondent Kim Yun-su reports from Washington.

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The Federal Reserve announced today (11th) that the standard interest rate was frozen at 0.00~0.25%.

The Fed says that the outbreak of Corona19 has caused tremendous human and economic distress, and that the ongoing public health crisis is putting strong pressure on economic activity, employment and prices in the short term, and in the medium term it is also putting significant risks on economic prospects. Explained the background of keeping interest rates.

We also reaffirmed our willingness to support the economy by expanding liquidity supply through the purchase of assets.

[Powell /美Fed Chairman: We are surely the economy is strong policy support until you are confident heard fold on the road to recovery, and preemptively, will continue to continue to aggressively]

Fed this year, the US economy is a negative 6.5% It recorded growth and predicted to recover 5% plus growth next year.

The unemployment rate for this year was expected to be 9.3%.

The Fed also suggested that the current level of zero interest rates will be maintained by the end of 2022.

Fed Chairman Powell stressed that the pace of economic recovery in the United States is very uncertain, and that a complete economic recovery will not take place until you are confident it is safe from Corona19.

The US Nasdaq Index, the new record high for the third consecutive day, closed the deal for the first time ever on the '10,000 highs'.