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FED: MNI Exclusive: Fed Could Pause Rate Hikes as Early as Spring
--No Need For Restrictive Rates, Sources Say
--Officials See Neutral Around 3%
--Inflation Seen Easing
- The Federal Reserve could end its cycle of interest rate
hikes as early as the spring, as it starts to consider at least a pause to its
gradual monetary tightening since December 2015, senior Fed sources have told
MNI.
- That timeline would stand in sharp contrast with the Fed's own published
forecasts for rates, which foresee possible further increases in borrowing costs
well into 2020.

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