The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left rates unchanged on Wednesday. The FOMC released its quarterly dot plot forecast, showing where individual committee members' assessment rates should land in the coming years.
聯邦公開市場委員會（FOMC）週三維持利率不變。聯邦公開市場委員會發布了季度點陣預測，顯示了未來幾年個別委員會成員的分攤率將達到何種水平。
"The Committee judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals are moving into better balance," the statement said. "The economic outlook is uncertain, and the Committee remains highly attentive to inflation risks. In support of its goals, the Committee maintained the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent."
聲明說：“委員會認爲，實現就業和通貨膨脹目標的風險正在趨於平衡。”“經濟前景不確定，委員會仍然高度關注通貨膨脹風險。爲了支持其目標，委員會將聯邦基金利率的目標區間維持在5-1/4％至5-1/2％。”
On the news, indexes climbed after holding unchanged. The $S&P 500 Index (.SPX.US)$ 0.30% $Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)$ climbed 0.37%. The $Nasdaq Composite Index (.IXIC.US)$ climbed 0.52%.
新聞方面，指數在保持不變後攀升。這個 $標普500指數 (.SPX.US)$ 0.30% $道瓊斯指數 (.DJI.US)$ 上漲了0.37％。這個 $納斯達克綜合指數 (.IXIC.US)$ 上漲了0.52％。
According to the dot plot projection, policymakers see the median Federal Funds at 4.6 at year's end, compared to the current target of 5.25-5.5.
根據點陣圖預測，決策者認爲聯邦基金年底的中位數爲4.6，而目前的目標爲5.25-5.5。
Shortly after 2 p.m., the FOMC released its statement. It said that in pursuit of returning to the target two percent inflation rate, it would closely monitor data before making a rate cut decision.
下午2點過後不久，聯邦公開市場委員會發布了聲明。它表示，爲了恢復2％的目標通貨膨脹率，它將在做出降息決定之前密切關注數據。