U.S. stocks are edging lower after the Federal Reserve opted not to cut interest rates for the first time since it began trying to help the economy in September. The S&P 500 was down 0.6% in Wednesday afternoon trading,

Buried in a rote US Treasury survey released on the eve of the latest holiday weekend was a question that all of Wall Street wants the answer to: What’s the Federal Reserve’s plan once it’s done drawing down its crisis-era bond holdings?

By Marc Jones and Lawrence Delevingne LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) -World markets were calmer on Wednesday as the week’s rollercoaster ride for stock markets turned into wait and see ahead of the Federal Reserve’s first rate meeting of the year and results from Microsoft,