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Minutes of the Federal Reserve’s January meeting showed widespread agreement on ending the runoff of the central bank’s balance sheet this year while officials expressed uncertainty over whether they would raise interest rates again in 2019.

A weather closure will keep journalists from getting the minutes in advance.

Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled it may be harder than U.S. trade negotiators think to prevent China from manipulating its currency.

Mark Heppenstall, CIO at Penn Mutual Asset Management, discusses the Fed’s balance sheet normalization and whether its newfound patience can keep the economy growing. Gary Siegel hosts.

With monetary policy near the bottom of the range of Federal Open Market Committee estimates of its longer-run neutral rate, communications will need to change, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said Tuesday.

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard indicated she favors ending the process of normalizing the U.S. central bank’s balance sheet in 2019.

Federal Reserve officials are getting their stories straight on the U.S. economy.

If the economy moves as expected, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker expects one rate hike this year and one next year.

While American politicians on both sides of the aisle have been mostly silent as the U.S. deficit swells toward $1 trillion and beyond, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan says the lack of attention won’t last.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the U.S. economy is “strong” though its benefits haven’t been felt evenly across the country.