Details of the FOMC interest rate decision and statement, June 17, 2015:
- Fed funds rate left in 0.25% to 0.50% range
- Labor market slack has 'diminished somewhat'
- Says economy expanding 'moderately'
- Job growth picked up
- Vote was unanimous
- Repeats risk to economy and job outlooks nearly balanced
- Survey-based measures of inflation expectations stable
- Repeats that international developments will be taken into account
- Market-based measures of inflation compensation remain low
- Growth in consumer spending moderate, housing improvent
- Repeats that liftoff hinges on economic progress
Very little to go off here. The market was looking (hoping?) for some kind of hawkish hint but it's a bland statement.