After three cuts at the end of last year, Federal Reserve officials paused rate moves as they weigh a solid economy and rising inflation risks. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, said the central bank was not on a “pre-set course.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday he has not spoken to President Donald Trump since last week's remarks by the president when he said he would demand the central bank lower interest rates.

Trump’s blasting of the Federal Reserve and Jerome Powell came just hours after the announcement that interest rates would stand at 4.25% to 4.5%.

U.S. President Donald Trump is getting his wish that interest rates drop across the world, just not at home where a strong economy and uncertainty over his own policies have set the stage for the Federal Reserve to diverge from its central bank peers.

The Fed said the job market is “solid,” and noted that the unemployment rate “has stabilized at a low level in recent months.”