Fed Officials Last Month Worried Trade War Could Curb Hiring, Consumer Spending

Wall Street Journal, Oct. 9, 2019–Nick Timiraos (subscription)
Federal Reserve officials worried that slowing global growth and rising trade-policy uncertainty could exert a drag on hiring and the U.S. economy when they cut interest rates last month, according to minutes of the Sept. 17-18 policy meeting released Wednesday.

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