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The US Federal Reserve has made it clear that for now, it is neither for or against launching a central bank digital currency, or CBDC.

The Fed on Wednesday made no surprising moves, keeping benchmark interest rates near zero but hinted that rate hikes could come sooner than expected.

Stocks of the major averages rose on Friday and closed the week in the green as Fed Chairman Jerome Powell prepared the markets to start tapering this year.