US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged as it fights political interference [SOUND]

# The US Federal Reserve has decided to keep interest rates unchanged between 3.5 to 3.75-percent for a third time this year. The central bank has held steady on interest rates, citing uncertainty from president Donald Trump’s administration’s policies and the conflict in the Middle East. Trump has repeatedly called on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates. FED chairperson, Jerome Powell, says he believes the central bank’s ability to decide monetary policy without political pressure is at risk: