Fed: FOMC meeting to proceed as scheduled at 9 a.m. Wednesday

The signal here is procedural, not substantive: the Fed confirming an unchanged schedule removes a source of uncertainty that markets sometimes read into last-minute calendar shifts. With no agenda or decision detail disclosed, the statement carries weight mainly as reassurance that deliberations are proceeding normally. What matters next is the policy outcome itself, since the confirmation tells observers nothing about the direction of the rate discussion.