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“Leaving United States interest rates at rock bottom could mark a turning point for the relative performance of emerging and developed markets”, said analyst Jasper Lawler at CMC Markets UK.

Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, said investors are feeling uneasy after the Fed highlighted “concerns about external factors such as China, market volatility and deflation derailing a [U.S.] recovery”.

Hillsborough County’s unemployment rate was down a tick in August at 5.1 percent, below the state rate of 5.3 percent, according to the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity. “We want Florida to be the first in the nation for jobs and with more than 940,000...

The state lost 5,500 private sector jobs but still has a record number of people employed overall.

But he said full us employment should be achieved “in the near future” and inflation, while still too low for comfort, should gradually move back to a 2-percent goal.

There are only two more meetings left for the Fed this year – in October and December – and it’s likely that the Fed might want to see a few more employment reports and monitor the Chinese markets before making the decision.

Over the next month the market’s “fixation is going to shift” away from Fed lift-off talk, he says, and toward figuring out how the US and global economy is doing and what the outlook is for third-quarter corporate earnings.

She cited concerns with market instability in Asian markets like China, where a market shakeup late last month sparked by the country deflating its currency, the yuan, caused acute anxiety with global investors and led some to worry that the United States could fall into another...

BANK OF JAPAN: Japan’s central bank was wrapping up a two-day policy meeting on Tuesday, with most economists expecting it to retain its current, ultra-lax monetary policy. China’s Shanghai Composite Index fell 3.5 percent to 3,005.17. It appreciated 0.7 percent to...

US Federal Reserve decided not to immediately hike interest rates, surprising many who had expected to see rate moving up in the world’s top economy after several years.

But, she said, “we have some concerns about negative impacts from global developments and some tightening of financial conditions”.

“Such exceptionally low real interest rates are unlikely to be appropriate for an economy with persistently strong consumption growth and tightening labor markets”, Lacker said in a statement.

Asian stocks mostly rose Friday, perked by relief that the U.S. Federal Reserve held off on raising interest rates for the time being, but European markets faltered as some investors interpreted the Fed decision as a sign of economic weakness.

“Recent global economic and financial developments may restrain economic activity somewhat and are likely to put further downward pressure on inflation in the near term”, the Fed said in its statement.

The buck had traded in a narrow range against most of its rivals during the past week as investors waited for the Fed’s decision, even as many expected the central bank to hold off Thursday, said Mark McCormick, global FX strategist based in New York. However, following the...