The minutes from the Federal Reserve’s January 29-30 monetary policy meeting have been published with key highlights, via Reuters, found below.
- Several participants said saw further rate hikes appropriate in 2019 if economy evolved as expected.
- Policymakers said the balance sheet normalization process should support the meeting of dual-mandate goals.
- A few participants said summary of economic projections (September) may not accurately convey committee’s policy outlook.
- Almost all participants thought it desirable to announce before too long a plan to stop reducing the federal reserve’s asset holdings later this year.
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