Federal Reserve

Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement

The economic downturn has not fallen equally on all Americans, says Fed Chair Jerome Powell
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The economic downturn has not fallen equally on all Americans, says Fed Chair Jerome Powell

This is a comparison of Wednesday's Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed's previous policy-making meeting on Dec. 16.

Text removed from the December statement is in red with a horizontal line through the middle.

Text appearing for the first time in the new statement is in red and underlined.

Black text appears in both statements.

You can read the full document here.

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