Economics
Fed Minutes Signal Patience on Rate Moves for ‘Some Time’
- Officials back Powell stance inflation dip likely transitory
- Central bank debates bond portfolio’s maturity composition
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Federal Reserve officials judged at their latest meeting that their patient approach to interest-rate change would be appropriate “for some time,” and many sided with Chairman Jerome Powell’s view that the recent dip in inflation was probably temporary.
“Members observed that a patient approach to determining future adjustments to the target range for the federal funds rate would likely remain appropriate for some time,” according to minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee’s April 30-May 1 meeting released Wednesday in Washington.