Aug
19
Fed Still Concerned by Low Inflation as Rate Liftoff Nears
ByFederal Reserve officials signaled concern about stubbornly low inflation even as they indicated that an improving job market is bringing them closer to the first interest-rate increase in almost a decade.
Participants in the July 28-29 Federal Open Market Committee meeting said economic conditions “were approaching that point” where the economy could sustain a slight increase in borrowing costs, according to minutes of the meeting released in Washington on Wednesday.
Preserving their flexibility on the timing of rate liftoff, they also showed more concern about how soon they would hit their 2 percent inflation target, a goal they have missed for more than three years…
Fed Still Concerned by Low Inflation as Rate Liftoff Nears
