Some Federal Reserve officials were concerned that a decision to keep securities holdings unchanged would inadvertently signal an intention to resume large-scale asset purchases, minutes of the Aug. 10 meeting showed.
Also, a few policy makers said the economic effects of the decision “likely would be quite small,” the Fed’s Open Market Committee said in a report today in Washington. At the same time, some officials saw “increased downside risks to the outlook for both growth and inflation” and voiced concern that further shocks would cause “significant slowing in growth.”
