The central bank left its benchmark rate at 2 percent, where it has been for 11 months.

The state tax rate on capital gains was left unchanged at 7 percent.

The more significant overnight call rate was left at 0.25 percent.

The bank's decision to leave its key rate at 2.5 percent this month was expected.

That left the 30-year yield unchanged for the day at 6.10 percent.

Gingrich again slipped by 8 points among Republicans alone, leaving him at 20 percent.

The bank left its main lending rate at 5 percent.

The Fed has left its short-term interest rate target at 3 percent for a year.

That will leave the world's known oil supply at less than fifty percent of demand.

Today, the bank left the rate unchanged, at 2.75 percent.