Federal Reserve officials voted to hold the central bank’s interest rate target steady Wednesday, leaving major questions about plans to tighten monetary policy for June.

At the same time, the officials expressed confidence in the U.S. economy, saying in a statement released Wednesday afternoon that the weakness in the first quarter was likely to prove “transitory.”

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