By Caroline Valetkevitch

New York (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange ended up in dispersed order on Wednesday after a volatile session during which the American Federal Reserve (Fed) left its unchanged interest rates as expected, while the president of the latter, Jerome Powell, said that monetary policy should still impose a certain restraint on the economy.

The Dow Jones index sold 0.10%, or 44.14 points, to 42,171.66 points.

The larger Standard & Poor’s 500 lost 1.85 points, or 0.03%, at 5,980.87 points. The Nasdaq Composite advanced on its side of 25.18 points, or 0.13%, to 19,546,273 points.

Jerome Powell said on Wednesday that Fed decision -makers expected the inflation of goods to increase during the summer, as President Donald Trump’s customs duties are reflected in American consumers.

The Fed also pointed out in its declaration that the borrowing costs were still likely to lower this year, while slowing down the overall rate of future rate cuts.

After Jerome Powell’s intervention, the yields of US Treasury bills have caught up most of the decline they had suffered previously.

“The market could be inspired by the fact that yields have straightened up. (Powell) clearly indicated that it would not change its monetary policy as long as it would not be certain of the effect of customs duties on inflation and it insisted on this point several times,” said Peter Cardillo, chief economist at Spartan Capital Securities.

Investors have also closely followed the evolution of the situation in the Middle East, some worrying about the possibility of a more direct military involvement in the United States in the war between Israel and Iran.

The Iranian Supreme Guide, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rejected the unconditional surrender request made by Donald Trump. The latter said that his patience was at the end, but gave no clue to his next decisions.

Actions were up sharply before the Fed declarations.

Earlier in the day, unemployment data in the United States showed that the number of Americans applying new unemployment benefits has decreased last week, but that it remained at levels compatible with a new loss of dynamism of the labor market in June.

On the values ​​side, Circle Internet jumped 33.8% while the US Senate adopted a “Stablecoins” bill on Tuesday, an important step for the cryptoactive sector.

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