Inflation Risks Dominated Talk at July Fed Meeting
Dow Jones
Aug 20
1403 ET - The July Fed meeting didn't result in a rate hike, but inflationary risks dominated the conversation about the economic outlook. According to the minutes, "many" officials--the Fed's counting word for a big group who nonetheless didn't make up a majority--continued to think that rate hikes would be needed if inflation didn't cool. Importantly, though, this meeting came before last week's cooler July inflation figures, and before the weaker July jobs report. Those numbers have led traders to pull back bets on a September hike. Plus, there's still another month of inflation and jobs data to come before the Fed's next meeting.
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