Fed Minutes Squash Hope of Rate Cut

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Fed Douses Rate-Reduction Speculation, Stresses Inflation Risk [Bloomberg]

Summary: Minutes of the Fed's Sept. 20th meeting released yesterday failed to mention any prospect of a rate cut but did cite "substantial risk" that inflation, currently at "an undesirably high rate", won't ease. As a result, the implied probability from bond prices of a reduction in interest rates before the March 20-21st Fed meeting fell to 18% yesterday from 82% on October 4th, and for a cut before the January 30-31st meeting to 6% from 36%.
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