BREAKING: 🇺🇸 Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged, remains at 3.75% - 4.00%.

The Federal Reserve kept its target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 3.75% to 4.00%, holding policy steady rather than adjusting borrowing costs. The decision keeps the rate differential between U.S. short-term yields and those of major trading partners intact, which removes an immediate catalyst for shifts in carry-trade positioning and capital flows into dollar assets. The U.S. dollar is the most directly exposed asset, as its near-term direction depends on how the unchanged stance is read against incoming inflation and labor-market signals rather than on any rate move itself. Traders should watch the next Consumer Price Index release and Fed officials' remarks on the policy path, since any shift in expectations for future cuts or hikes would reprice front-end Treasury yields and feed back into the dollar.

The US Dollar (USD) is the world's primary reserve currency and the base for most forex majors. Headlines about Federal Reserve policy, US macro data (CPI, NFP, GDP), and Treasury yield shifts typically drive USD pair direction within seconds of release.

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