Fed headed for December interest rate hike but split over low inflation

Published November 22, 2017 8:10pm ET



Federal Reserve officials are headed toward another interest rate hike in December, but they are split on the causes of recent low inflation, minutes from their latest meeting released Wednesday reveal.

The account of the Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 meeting published Wednesday afternoon revealed that many of the officials at the central bank expect to raise the target interest rate “in the near term.”

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