Fed meeting showed interest rate rises may accelerate to

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According to the December meeting showed on Wednesday, the Federal Reserve (Fed) officials argue that they raise interest rates, may have a stress period of time "slow speed" faster.

The record also shows that United States dull and predictable times of the Central Bank, might be over. On December 14, Fed members voted unanimously, the increase in the federal funds rate range code to 0.5% to 0.75%, the second rate hike in 10 years.

Meanwhile, Fed officials said the economy will only confirm the federal funds rate will creep up.

Fed officials forecast in 2017 will raise rates three times, one yard at a time, rather than the September forecast of the second, predicted in 2018 and 2019 will be to raise interest rates three times.

Meeting records show that many Fed officials believe that the path of this slow policy is under threat.

"Fed officials pointed out several risks, once achieved, the policy path may be expected, will be different," the minutes said.

The biggest risk is that unemployment could drop substantially below 4.5%, 4.5% is seen as a normal level for a long time, below that level could trigger inflation.

The unemployment rate in November dropped to 4.6%, almost to that level. According to the meeting minutes said "many Fed officials believe that the unemployment rate is substantially lower than normal risk, there has been an increase, the Federal open market Committee (FOMC) may need more quickly than currently expected increases in the federal funds rate, to limit the extent of unemployment rate lower than the normal level to prevent inflationary pressures increased.

」 Some Fed officials believe that this is a mild risk, and said the unemployment rate "moderate below normal levels" may have contributed to inflation back on the 2% goal of the Fed. But this seems to be a minority view.

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