The tight rate remains 0.25 precent to 0.5 percent after being raised for the first time in nearly a decade in December.

去年12月美国加息，这是近十年来的首次，此后利率一直保持在0.25到0.5之间。

The Federal Reserve had previously indicated that it was planning for a small interest rate raise this year totaling one precent but that's now being scaled back.

美联储此前表示计划今年小幅度加息，使之达到1%，但现在开始保持较低的利率水平。