Fed officials worried slowing global growth and trade uncertainty could exert a drag on hiring and the U.S. economy when they cut rates last month
Between officials’ meeting in late July and in mid-September, “a clearer picture of protracted weakness in investment spending, manufacturing production and exports had emerged,” said minutes of the Sept.
17-18 policy meeting, which were released on Wednesday.United States Latest News, United States Headlines
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