The FOMC meeting was a foregone conclusion nonevent. That is likely to be true of the next several meetings.
Not changing rates partly reflects good news--the real economy is very strong and does not need cuts. And partly bad news--setbacks in progress on inflation.
Takeaways from the Powell presser:
-There's a high bar right now for the Fed to cut rates, but there's an even higher bar for the Fed to resume rate hikes
-He's still expecting inflation to come down, in large part because of the shelter disinflation everyone has expected