This week saw one of the more widely anticipated Fed announcements of recent years as investors looked to see if the “zero” interest rate environment was going to be put behind us. As was widely publicized yesterday, the Fed elected to do nothing, based upon concerns of an economic slowdown, pushing off the prospect of a rate hike. First Trust’s economic team put out a report that provides the text of the Fed’s statement, along with their perspective of what we can expect moving forward. Learn more.