Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting held in the beginning

The Fed has started Tuesday a two-day monetary policy meeting, expected outcome of this meeting members agreed that the Fed will be the U.S. economic outlook has improved, but not its 600 billion U.S. dollars of debt acquisition plans to make changes.
Fed official said the bank's policy-making Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Tuesday in the U.S. Eastern time 13:00 (Beijing time on Wednesday at 2:00) to begin the first policy meeting this year, is expected to be in the United States Wednesday, 14:15 Eastern Time (3:15 GMT on Thursday) about monetary policy statement released to explain the Fed's views on the U.S. economy and monetary policy.
Financial markets will close attention to the Fed to extend or reduce the national debt is any hint of the acquisition plan. In December 2008 the Federal Reserve will cut benchmark interest rate to near zero, and at the time the acquisition of 1.7 trillion worth of longer-term bonds, to provide an additional U.S. economic stimulus measures. The end of 2010, the Federal Reserve to restart the bond purchase program, because the U.S. economic recovery was stalled.
Late last year, U.S. economic growth momentum has been enhanced. According to a report released earlier today showed consumer confidence index in January surged unexpectedly; expected to be released data on Friday will show that last year's fourth quarter U.S. economic growth rate of 3.5% per annum, 2.6% higher than the third quarter. At the same time, the U.S. unemployment rate is still hovering above the level of 9%, the inflation rate was still below the Fed's target level.
Macro world-renowned independent research consultancy Capital Economics senior U.S. economist in Toronto Paul - Dallas (Paul Dales), said: "Fed policy statement will show a slight improvement in economic activity, but I doubt the job market has not improved much."