Fed divided debate interest rate

The Federal Reserve (Fed) started on Tuesday a two-day meeting in Washington with members divided on the risks faced by the world's largest economy.

"The monetary policy committee (FOMC) began its meeting at 10H00 local time (14H00 GMT 11H00 GMT) as planned," a spokesman for the US Central Bank.

On Wednesday, at 18H00 GMT (15H00 GMT) will be published a statement, but no press conference the chairman of the Fed, Janet Yellen.

Analysts believe the central bank will maintain its current base rate from 0.25 to 0.5%, established last December.

The status quo leaves no doubt for the first meeting of the FOMC after the British vote on June 23 in favor of out of the European Union (EU), which continues to generate economic uncertainty.

Only a small part (1.7%) of the economists surveyed by the Wall Street Journal believes that interest rates will rise on Wednesday after the central bank in December decided to end seven years of zero interest policies.

The situation of the domestic economy would be neither reason for the Fed to raise interest rates at this meeting.