What to Watch at This Week’s Fed Meeting

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Wall Street Journal

Federal Reserve officials are likely to leave short-term interest rates unchanged when they meet Tuesday and Wednesday, just a week before the U.S. presidential election, and indicate they remain on track to raise them in December. But how strongly will they signal their intentions? Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen isn’t scheduled to hold a press conference after the meeting, and officials aren’t releasing new economic projections. That leaves only the policy statement to parse, after its release at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday. Here are five things to watch. Please click here to continue reading the article.