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The Federal Reserve will leave its key interest rate at zero "until we're confident that the economy has weathered recent events and is on track to achieve our maximum employment and price stability goals," says Fed Chair Jerome Powell during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
The Republican Party formally confirms Senator J.D. Vance (Ohio) as Donald Trump’s vice presidential nominee in November's election. IMAGES
The Republican Party formally confirms Donald Trump as its nominee to take on President Joe Biden in November's election. The ex-president clinched a majority of the delegates at the party's national convention, after his son Eric, representing Florida, put him over the threshold, to cheers on the convention floor. SOUNDBITE
The US Federal Reserve holds interest rates at a 23-year high. "Today, the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) decided to leave our policy interest rate unchanged and to continue to reduce our securities holdings," announces US Fed Chair Jerome Powell. SOUNDBITE
The convoy transporting Donald Trump leaves the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr US Courthouse, part of the Miami Federal Courthouse complex in downtown Miami, where the former president was due to surrender to face dozens of felony charges of mishandling US government secrets. IMAGES