Latest Fed minutes point to stiff battle with US inflation

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Last night saw the release of the December FOMC minutes, where Federal Reserve members gave their reasons for raising rates another 0.5% while inflation “holds unacceptably high”.

From CNBC:

“Participants generally observed that a restrictive policy stance would need to be maintained until the incoming data provided confidence that inflation was on a sustained downward path to 2 percent, which was likely to take some time,” the meeting summary stated.

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