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That suggests the central bank will leave the borrowing costs unchanged on Sept. 9, especially since the U.S. economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.7 % in the second quarter.

The BoE is expected to keep rates unchanged when it meets Thursday as the British economy continues to prove resilient.

Sweden's Riksbank kept its benchmark rate unchanged Wednesday but added that a stronger domestic economy and rising political uncertainty abroad were a threat to its inflation target.

In a conference held on Tuesday, Lee said:» «We kept the base rate unchanged today as there is a need to closely examine growing protectionist measures and uncertainties abroad, although the local economy is expected to keep firm growth on the back of improvements in the global economy.»

The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to keep interest rates unchanged on Wednesday but set the stage for a hike in December amid signs the economy is picking up steam.

The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday decided to keep its interest rates unchanged at 1.5 percent — a record low — and said it expects the Aussie economy to grow around 3 percent a year over the next few years.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday that the U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in June, leaving the jobless rate unchanged at 8.2 %, disappointing analysts and driving the stock market downward even though the data showed that all of the new jobs came from the private sector.

After taking advantage of a variety of special deductions, U.S. corporations paid an effective marginal tax rate of just 18.6 percent in 2012, a rate that went unchanged despite ups and downs in the economy over the previous decade, according to a Congressional Budget Office report.

With the province's economy growing but unemployment rates remaining unchanged, he faces the challenge of proving the government's job creation plan is working as the provincial economy recovers from the sharp decline of international oil prices.

Against this background, the Board took the view at its June meeting that the economy had entered a period where the monetary policy decision would be whether to hold interest rates unchanged or to reduce them.

As expected, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept monetary policy unchanged but signaled its intention to raise rates later this year thanks to underlying strength in the U.S. economy.

(REUTERS)-- The U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged today in a nod to concerns about a weak world economy, but left open the possibility of a modest policy tightening later this year.

The Federal Reserve is keeping a key interest rate unchanged in light of global pressures that risk slowing the U.S. economy.

Fuel economy — now rated at 18/30 mpg — is largely unchanged.

Even though the updated engine configuration uses richer air - fuel mixtures and more spark advance, Volvo says the C70's fuel economy ratings of 19/28 mpg (city / highway) are unchanged.

The best V6 minivans are best known for their confident power, and even as the 2016 Nissan Quest delivers on that front, engineers also have squeezed a bit more fuel economy from its 3.5 - liter V6: After revisions to the Quest's X-tronic continuously variable transmission, its EPA rating in combined travels bumps up 1 mile per gallon to 23 mpg; unchanged are its 20 mpg city / 27 mpg highway numbers, but Nissan now ranks No. 1 in the segment for both city and combined fuel efficiency.

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney left rates unchanged Tuesday but a press release did say slack in the economy and firmer underlying inflation could make existing levels of monetary stimulus unnecessary.

Fed takes poor GDP in stride, leaves interest rates outlook unchanged — The Federal Reserve maintained its course toward higher interest rates in 2015, downplaying a poor first - quarter showing by the economy... (See Federal Reserve)

Credit card rates steady as banks struggle with uncertain economy — Amid mixed economic signals, banks kept interest rates unchanged on credit cards offers this week at 12.28 percent, according to the CreditCards.com Weekly Credit Card Rate Report.

However, despite the fact that jobs were added to the economy, the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 9.6 percent in October — and has been essentially unchanged since May 2010 — while the number of unemployed persons was also little changed at 14.8 million during the month.

Today's 5.4 percent unemployment rate is virtually unchanged from a decade ago, yet the economy has grown through that period at a 3 percent to 4 percent pace.