The Federal Reserve said Wednesday after that it will keep its interest rate target near zero and noted that the economic recovery depends on controlling the coronavirus pandemic.

“The path of the economy will depend significantly on the course of the virus,” the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee said in a statement following a two-day meeting in Washington, D.C.

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