Uncertainty, growth risks put Fed on cautious footing in September, minutes show

“A vast majority of participants continued to judge the future path of the economy as highly uncertain,” said minutes of a meeting where the U.S. central bank agreed to hold rates steady even as a 12-7 majority indicated in new projections that one more rate increase might be needed by the end of the year to ensure inflation returns to the Fed’s 2% goal.

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