WASHINGTON: With a possible change of leadership looming, the US Federal Reserve on Wednesday upgraded its view of economic growth, and downplayed the impact of two summer hurricanes.

Overshadowed by President Donald Trump’s planned announcement Thursday of his pick to lead the central bank starting next year, the Fed stuck to the expected course, holding its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 1.0 to 1.25 percent.

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