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Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged on Wednesday, stating that the economy had weathered this past year’s troubles and had emerged with increased employment and moderate economic growth.

The Pound Sterling remained under pressure against both the Euro and the US Dollar despite an unexpected improvement in GDP data which was released by the UK’s Office of National Statistics a short while ago.

U.S. stocks changed only slightly Tuesday in anticipation of the Federal Reserve meeting Wednesday.

The Pound Sterling earlier struck a 2-week trough after one policymaker at the Bank of England suggested that the latest batch of disappointing data from the UK convinced him of the need for more monetary policy easing.

Japanese stocks sold off in a mixed Asian session on Tuesday, dragged down by renewed strength in the yen after a local media report indicated the government's highly anticipated stimulus package may not live up to expectations.

The US Dollar edged higher versus the Japanese yen and stayed close a 4-week peak versus the common currency Euro as policy meetings for the Bank of Japan and Federal Reserve Bank loom.

Prices of crude edged down on Monday in Asia amid worries over a global oil glut, staying close to the two-month lows hit in the previous session.

The world leaders that began their 2-day G20 meeting on Saturday focused their discussions on increasing international economic growth in their efforts to counter growing global dissatisfaction that has intensified since Britain's decision to leave the European Union.

There is a heavier news schedule this week, which includes input from central banks concerning the USD and JPY. Get the economic calendar for the week of July 25, 2016 here.

The yen bounced back to 105.88 yen per dollar from 107.49 Friday hovering above six-week lows after comments from Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda hinted that Japan may not be preparing a radical "helicopter money" economic stimulus as anticipated.

Presently, the Japanese Yen is seeing some broad volatility and is finding support.

Nearly one month since the Brexit referendum vote shocked markets across the globe, the British pound has recovered one quarter of its post-referendum price and most major global stock markets, iincluding the FTSE are now higher than before the vote.

Sterling edged higher against the euro, and managed to recover earlier losses against a stronger US Dollar after a survey from the Bank of England showed no clear signs of a slowdown in the UK’s economic activity in the weeks following the June 23rd Brexit vote.

The dollar remained close to four-month highs against a basket of currencies Wednesday after giving up some of its recent gains against the yen, after Commerce Department data showed that U.S. housing starts surged 4.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.19 million units, suggesting at underlying strength in in the U.S. economy.

The Pound Sterling got no reprieve from the recent pressure, despite the latest economic news which showed June inflation date rising at both a year-on-year and month-on-month basis.