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USD Jolts Lower Upon Release Of Fed Minutes

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  • Link to FOMC minutes: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/file...
  • (MNI) Washington - Federal Reserve officials officials emphasized data dependency when it comes to future rate rises but made clear the FOMC intends to move policy to a restrictive setting while potentially moving in smaller steps going forward, the minutes from the July FOMC meeting showed.
    • "In light of elevated inflation and the upside risks to the outlook for inflation, participants remarked that moving to a restrictive stance of the policy rate in the near term would also be appropriate from a risk-management perspective because it would better position the Committee to raise the policy rate further, to appropriately restrictive levels, if inflation were to run higher than expected," the minutes said.
  • Some brad dollar weakness following the release with markets potentially leaning towards a marginally hawkish outcome in the minutes and the dollar disappointingly unwinds some gains.

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