FOMC Minutes Say Many Participants At The Fed's Nov. 6-7 Meeting Said Uncertainty Over The Neutral Interest Rate Level Made It Appropriate To Reduce Policy Restraint Gradually; Some Participants Said Fed Could Pause Easing And Hold Policy Rate At Restrictive Level If Inflation Remained Elevated; Some Participants Said Easing Could Be Accelerated If Labor Market Weakened Or Economic Activity Faltered; Almost All Participants Agreed Risks To Achieving Dual Mandate Goals Remained Roughly In Balance
FOMC Minutes Say Many Participants At The Fed's Nov. 6-7 Meeting Said Uncertainty Over The Neutral Interest Rate Level Made It Appropriate To Reduce Policy Restraint Gradually; Some Participants Said Fed Could Pause Easing And Hold Policy Rate At Restrictive Level If Inflation Remained Elevated; Some Participants Said Easing Could Be Accelerated If Labor Market Weakened Or Economic Activity Faltered; Almost All Participants Agreed Risks To Achieving Dual Mandate Goals Remained Roughly In Balance
FOMC會議紀要指出,許多參與者在聯儲局的11月6日至7日會議上表示,對中立利率水平的不確定性使得逐漸減少政策收緊成爲合適的選擇;一些參與者表示,如果通貨膨脹持續高企,聯儲局可以暫停放鬆政策並將政策利率維持在緊縮水平;一些參與者還表示,如果勞動市場疲軟或經濟活動停滯,放鬆政策的速度可以加快;幾乎所有參與者都同意,實現雙重任務目標的風險大致處於平衡狀態。