1.   Expectations of slower growth should enable Federal Reserve policymakers to leave U.S. borrowing costs unchanged at their next interest rate policy meeting Wednesday.

2.   Stocks got a boost after the FOMC left benchmark U.S. borrowing costs unchanged.

3.   U.S. stocks pared gains after Federal Reserve policy-makers left benchmark borrowing costs unchanged.

4.   U.S. stocks rose as Federal Reserve policy-makers left benchmark borrowing costs unchanged, reinforcing optimism that stocks remain a sound bet in a low-inflation economy.