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Minutes from the Federal Reserve's June policy meeting, released Wednesday, reveal that a "few" officials argued the case for raising interest rates at that gathering. The session was Kevin Warsh's first as Fed chair.
Short-end rate markets and Treasury yields are in focus as traders work through how close the central bank came to resuming its tightening cycle.
A dissent that stayed quiet The June minutes make clear that the prevailing view held rates steady. In the Fed's graduated vocabulary for meeting summaries, "a few" signals a small minority.
That those voices surfaced at Warsh's inaugural session tells traders the rate debate inside the Federal Reserve carries more internal tension than the consensus vote implies.
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