美联储会议纪要：多名官员认为必要时可能需要加息

Odaily News: Minutes from the Federal Reserve's meeting show that several officials leaned toward raising interest rates last month, while many noted that further policy tightening would be necessary if inflation fails to decline. However, uncertainty continued to heavily influence officials' assessments during the July meeting.

The minutes stated: "Regarding the outlook for monetary policy, participants reiterated that their interpretation of incoming data will be a key component of policy discussions."

The FOMC voted 9 to 3 in July to hold the benchmark interest rate steady in the range of 3.5% to 3.75%. Logan, Hammack, and Kashkari dissented, advocating for a 25-basis-point rate hike. Two other regional Fed presidents who did not have voting rights in July—Schmid and Musalem—have since indicated that they would have supported a rate increase at that meeting had they held a vote. Much of the policy discussion at the July meeting centered on differing assessments of the future path of inflation.

The minutes noted: "Most participants expected inflation to gradually ease over the remainder of the year as the effects of tariffs and earlier energy price increases faded, but many participants pointed out that the possibility of inflation remaining elevated persists." (Jin Shi)