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By Steve Matthews and Matthew Boesler

August 18, 2015 at 4:52 PM UTC

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Here’s what to look for when the Federal Reserve releases minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s July 28-29 meeting at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Washington.

-- A signal from the discussion on whether or not there was a consensus among policy makers that September is the right time for the first interest-rate increase since 2006.