Federal Reserve policy makers last month said they were in no rush to sell $1.1trn of mortgage-backed securities, with a majority preferring to wait until after the central bank starts raising interest rates. “Most participants favored deferring asset sales for some time,” while others wanted to announce a schedule or start sales soon, the Fed said in minutes of its April 27-28 meeting in Washington, released today. Officials lowered their projections for inflation, excluding food and fuel, while keeping forecasts little changed for economic growth and unemployment in 2011 and 2012.
Fed officials in no hurry to sell mortgage assets, minutes say
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