===== Minutes: Federal Reserve officials are concerned about the impact of Trump's tariffs on U.S. inflation and believe it is not appropriate to cut interest rates at this time. =====

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2025.02.19 19:05

The Federal Reserve's minutes state that if the U.S. economy performs strongly, the FOMC can maintain a restrictive policy level.

They hope to see further progress on inflation before adjusting interest rates.

In terms of financial stability, a range of factors need to be monitored.

"A few" officials indicated that the federal funds rate may be higher than the neutral rate by an unexpected amount.

The Federal Reserve's policy framework must have a strong response mechanism to a range of environmental factors.

The two-year U.S. Treasury yield remains unchanged with a decline of 2.3 basis points

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