Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month discussed an accelerated timetable for raising their benchmark interest rate beginning with an anticipated increase in March, amid greater discomfort with high inflation.
They agreed that “if inflation does not move down as they expect, it would be appropriate for the committee to remove policy accommodation at a faster pace than they currently anticipate,” said the minutes of the Jan. 25-26 meeting, which were released Wednesday.
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