The worlds richest men is reported to been released from detention in saudi arabia. In syria a fragile ceasefire in the south of the country as a Turkish Military offensive continues in the north. Plus chinas battle ivory forces autisms to find new ways to use their skills. At least forty people have been killed more than one hundred injured in a blast in afghanistans capital kabul the taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that used an ambulance near the old interior Ministry Building it comes a week after Taliban Attack on the citys Intercontinental Hotel sirus jennifer glass reports now from kabul. The emergency vehicles there taking off the dead and wounded in this bombing it happened just around the corner at the second checkpoint this is a heavily guarded street the target appears to be the High Peace Council thats where the gate is that area is also home to the Anti Corruption agency here as well this is a very very busy part of town normally this road would be
they said they are there for us and they will move when needed. but, when is needed since we all agree the numbers got weak? reporter: we re still not sure when needed is. many fed-watchers thought bernanke and crew would end today s meeting with a pledge to keep interest rates low through 2015; that would be a six month extension from current policy. and surprisingly their earlier statement and their individual projections in june, suggested as such. reporter: but that didn t happen. instead, the fed said it is closely monitoring the economy. of course, that s what a central bank is paid to do, but fed watchers pointed out the last time the fed used a phrase like closely monitoring was 2008, just before bernanke launched an aggressive effort to bring down long-term interest rates. though this time, the economy is stronger. i believe that their baseline view is the most likely view. that is to say that the economy will muddle through and gradually improve as t
language the fed used the last time it launched a new bond buying program. the fed s assessment of the u.s. economy was also pretty gloomy. it said economic activity decelerated over the first half of this year. employment growth has been slow in recent months. the housing sector remains depressed. and household spending has risen at a slower pace. susie: investors were disappointed that the fed decided to stick to its current policies. all of the major averages were in the red. the dow lost 32 points, the nasdaq fell 20, and the s&p off four points. we have two reports, looking at the fed decision, and market reaction. we begin in washington with darren gersh. the federal reserve has concluded the economy is slowing, which raises an obvious question. well, okay, now what are you going to do about it. well, they didn t do anything about it. they said they are there for us and they will move when needed. but, when is needed since we all agree the numbers got weak? repo
they said they are there for us and they will move when needed. but, when is needed since we all agree the numbers got weak? reporter: we re still not sure when needed is. many fed-watchers thought bernanke and crew would end today s meeting with a pledge to keep interest rates low through 2015; that would be a six month extension from current policy. and surprisingly their earlier statement and their individual projections in june, suggested as such. reporter: but that didn t happen. instead, the fed said it is closely monitoring the economy. of course, that s what a central bank is paid to do, but fed watchers pointed out the last time the fed used a phrase like closely monitoring was 2008, just before bernanke launched an aggressive effort to bring down long-term interest rates. though this time, the economy is stronger. i believe that their baseline view is the most likely view. that is to say that the economy will muddle through and gradually improve as t
from the fed: it is closely monitoring incoming information about the economy. this is the same kind of language the fed used the last time it launched a new bond buying program. the fed s assessment of the u.s. economy was also pretty gloomy. it said economic activity decelerated over the first half of this year. employment growth has been slow in recent months. the housing sector remains depressed. and household spending has risen at a slower pace. susie: investors were disappointed that the fed decided to stick to its current policies. all of the major averages were in the red. the dow lost 32 points, the nasdaq fell 20, and the s&p off four points. we have two reports, looking at the fed decision, and market reaction. we begin in washington with darren gersh. the federal reserve has concluded the economy is slowing, which raises an obvious question. well, okay, now what are you going to do about it. well, they didn t do anything about it. they said they are there fo