11.   The dollar and U.S. bonds, meantime, slumped after the Bundesbank left overnight bank loan rates unchanged.

12.   The Fed left rates unchanged when it met last week, but could boost them this year if the economy keeps expanding, they say.

13.   The move made it no cheaper for companies to borrow money because the bank left its so-called floor on money market rates unchanged.

14.   To be sure, sterling could fall if the bank raises rates by only a quarter percentage point or leaves rates unchanged, traders said.

15.   While the Fed has left the overnight rate unchanged in recent months, the memory of the March move remains.

16.   Fed leaves rates unchanged but signals future rate cuts.

17.   In January, the Fed, citing signs of an economic rebound, ended a yearlong stretch of uninterrupted credit easing when it left the funds rate unchanged.

18.   It also kept its term reverse repo rates unchanged from Tuesday.

19.   It kept its overnight and term reverse repo rates unchanged.

20.   The central bank, however, kept its SBI rates unchanged yesterday against market expectations.