FOMC Minutes
The minutes of the December 2017 FOMC meeting contained no significant revelations, but they did shedsome light on current Committee thinking. The FOMC has gained confidence in the outlook for economic
activity owing to the stronger tone of the incoming data and an impending sizeable tax cut. FOMC participants
also acknowledged that recent readings on core inflation have been somewhat firmer. They seemed to have
more confidence in the story that the slowdown in core inflation this year was largely due to transitory factors,
though that debate has not been settled. All told, we see these minutes as consistent with our call for four
rate hikes in 2018 and also with our call .....
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