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Fed widely expected to stay on hold; focus shifts to dot plot
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By Steve Matthews

December 11, 2019 at 5:00 AM UTC

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December 11, 2019 at 2:06 PM UTC

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While Jerome Powell is expected to reinforce the signal that policy is on hold at the central bank’s meeting on Wednesday, some of his colleagues may be looking ahead to when they should hike again.