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Fed sees three dissents over an 'easing bias.' What's that?

Fed sees three dissents over an 'easing bias.' What's that?

By Dan Burns April 29 (Reuters) - More Federal Reserve officials dissented against Wednesday's U.S. central bank policy decision and statement than at any of their interest-rate-setting meetings in the past 34 years.
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Federal Reserve's Hammack Opposes Easing Bias Amid Economic Uncertainty

Federal Reserve's Hammack Opposes Easing Bias Amid Economic Uncertainty

Federal Reserve's Hammack Opposes Easing Bias Amid Economic Uncertainty
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Kevin Warsh wanted a family fight at the Fed. It has already started

Kevin Warsh wanted a family fight at the Fed. It has already started

By Ann Saphir April 30 (Reuters) - Kevin Warsh wanted a family fight at the Federal Reserve. It broke out before he arrived. 
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Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Rising Treasury Yields

Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Rising Treasury Yields

Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Rising Treasury Yields
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Analysis-Despite change atop the Fed, investor hopes for rate cuts hit hurdles

Analysis-Despite change atop the Fed, investor hopes for rate cuts hit hurdles

By Lewis Krauskopf and Suzanne McGee NEW YORK, April 30 (Reuters) - Investors are turning the page to a newly led U.S. Federal Reserve that has long been expected to have a more dovish bent, but instead faces a bumpier rates path ahead.
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Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Inflation Concerns and Global Tensions

Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Inflation Concerns and Global Tensions

Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Inflation Concerns and Global Tensions
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Kashkari: Uncertainty around oil shock means Fed should acknowledge risk of rate hikes

Kashkari: Uncertainty around oil shock means Fed should acknowledge risk of rate hikes

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, May 1 (Reuters) - The U.S.-backed war with Iran could change the inflation outlook enough to force the Federal Reserve into "potentially a series" of rate hikes to defend the central bank's 2% inflation target, Minneapolis Fed president Neel Kashkari said in
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Federal Reserve Faces Potential Clash as Powell and Warsh Overlap

Federal Reserve Faces Potential Clash as Powell and Warsh Overlap

Federal Reserve Faces Potential Clash as Powell and Warsh Overlap
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Fed holds rates steady, cites elevated inflation; three dissents against 'easing bias'

Fed holds rates steady, cites elevated inflation; three dissents against 'easing bias'

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday, but in its most divided decision since 1992 noted rising concerns about inflation in a policy statement that drew three dissents from officials who no longer feel the U.S.
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Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Economic Uncertainty

Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Economic Uncertainty

Federal Reserve Maintains Interest Rates Amid Economic Uncertainty
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Traders see the Fed on hold for now, and a rising chance of a rate hike

Traders see the Fed on hold for now, and a rising chance of a rate hike

April 29 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will not cut interest rates this year, traders of short-term U.S. interest-rate futures bet on Wednesday, after the U.S. central bank left short-term borrowing costs on hold for the third straight meeting this year and three policymakers dissented against its
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Federal Reserve keeps key rate unchanged even as four officials dissent, most in almost 34 years

Federal Reserve keeps key rate unchanged even as four officials dissent, most in almost 34 years

The Federal Reserve is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the third straight meeting but signaling it could still cut rates in the coming months, moves that attracted the most dissents since October 1992