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Fed Officials are Wrestling With Their “Patient” Assurance on Low Rates
The next big decision for Federal Reserve officials isn’t deciding whether they want to raise short-term interest rates in June. It is deciding whether they want to have the option to do so. The Fed’s next policy meeting is March 17-18. Officials will have had a chance to peruse two more monthly jobs reports and a range of other economic data by then. If officials think a June interest rate increase is a possibility, they will need to remove an assurance that the central bank will be “patient” before raising rates. The “patient” assurance, Fed chairwoman Janet Yellen has said, means no rate increases for ... (full story)
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