Fed minutes: Conditions could 'soon warrant' a rate hike
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials believed last month that near-term risks to the U.S. economy had subsided and that an interest rate increase could soon be warranted. [...] a key factor holding the Fed officials back was the stubbornly slow rate of inflation, which has been running below the central bank's 2 percent target for more than four years, according to the minutes. Fed officials have also expressed concern about the tepid pace of U.S. growth, weakness in worker productivity... Читать дальше...