The Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged, six days before Americans choose a new president, but hinted again that it would likely raise rates soon.

Several of the world’s top central banks will meet in the coming week, but only one, the US Federal Reserve, is set to start a final countdown on the second most anticipated event of the year after the presidential election.

A divided Federal Reserve left its policy rate unchanged for a sixth straight meeting, saying it would wait for more evidence of progress toward its goals while projecting that an increase is still likely by year-end.

US stocks ended Monday mostly lower as investors waited for central bank meetings in the United States and Japan.

US stocks surged on Monday after a Federal Reserve official said the central bank should not raise interest rates too soon, which came as a big relief to investors.

US employment growth slowed more than expected in August after two straight months of robust gains and wage gains moderated, which could effectively rule out an interest rate increase from the US Federal Reserve this month.

US stocks rose Friday as investors found some positive aspects in a middling employment report.

Three Federal Reserve policymakers have expressed the view there is no hurry to raise US interest rates in the wake of the UK decision to leave the EU, despite signs the US economy is near full employment.

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged yesterday but signalled it plans two rate increases this year, saying it expects the US job market to strengthen after a recent slowdown.

European stocks were little changed amid thin trading as investors considered the implications of a possible increase in US interest rates after Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said a hike is likely in the coming months.

Stocks ended a quiet day slightly lower on Monday as investors sat on the sidelines waiting for more clues about whether the Federal Reserve might raise interest rates next month.

Hedge funds, insurers, and other companies that do business with Wall Street megabanks will pay a price for regulators’ efforts to ensure any future collapse of a giant lender doesn’t tank the entire financial system.

US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said it is appropriate for US central bankers to “proceed cautiously” in raising interest rates because the global economy presents heightened risks.

The decision by the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates is set to have profound implications for investors and companies alike in both developed and emerging markets over the next year.

As expected, the December meeting of the US Federal Reserve saw the central bank raise interest rates for the first time since June 2006.

The world economy may be set for another year like 2015, with modest growth in developed economies offsetting persistent weakness elsewhere but generating very little inflation and keeping interest rates low.

The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates from record lows set at the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, a shift that heralds modestly higher rates on some loans.

Inflation at zero, rather than a forecast -0.1%, was not enough to shift sterling out of tight ranges on the run in to tonight’s US Federal Reserve meeting, widely expected to raise interest rates for the first time in almost a decade.

After years of waiting, it’s finally here: Fed week. Barring a shock, the Federal Reserve will raise US interest rates tomorrow for the first time since June 2006, a full year before the global financial crisis began.

Inflation numbers from the United States tomorrow could be the final ingredient required to convince the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

Goldman Sachs Group sees its longstanding call for the dollar to reach parity with the euro coming true as soon as December, as the Federal Reserve and the ECB move toward divergent monetary-policy actions.

Early gains for US stocks were mostly gone by the end of the day, leaving indexes mixed at the closing bell.

US Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen was seen by medical personnel as a precaution after she “felt dehydrated at the end of a long speech under bright lights” in Massachusetts.

That much anticipated September meeting last week concluded with the Federal Reserve erring on the side of caution by not increasing interest rates.

Sterling traders are making a costly mistake to assume a doveish Federal Reserve will prompt the Bank of England to delay raising interest rates, according to the biggest sterling bull.

US stocks closed higher as investors try to look beyond the uncertain timing of a possible interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve.

When the Federal Reserve drove its target interest rate near zero in late-2008, it sparked an economic debate about the risks of having nowhere lower to go, and in particular the financial bubbles it might stoke.

The Federal Reserve is keeping US interest rates at a record low in the face of threats from a weak global economy, persistently low inflation and unstable financial markets.

US treasuries gained with emerging-market assets as futures traders held to bets that the Federal Reserve, chaired by Janet Yellen, will not raise interest rates this week amid financial market volatility.

Gold fell to a one-month low and trading volume declined as investors held off on making big moves before Federal Reserve policymakers meet next week.

Digicel Group, the mobile-services company owned by Denis O’Brien, is planning to raise $1.5bn-$2bn (€1.78bn) in an initial public offering as soon as this month, people with knowledge of the matter said.

US stocks have closed lower after the latest jobs report gave investors few clues about the Federal Reserve’s next move on interest rates.

Minutes of a meeting published last night show that US Federal Reserve officials in July said that while conditions for raising interest rates were approaching, they saw more room for labour market healing and need more confidence that inflation is moving towards their goal.

US employment rose at a solid clip in July and wages rebounded after a surprise stall in the prior month, providing signs of an improving economy that could open the door wider to a Federal Reserve interest rate hike in September.

The Federal Reserve — the US equivalent of the European Central Bank — has pursued a policy of zero interest rates for a long period as it sought to lift the economy out of the morass left over from the implosion of the US subprime mortgage market eight years ago.