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Cooler inflation data may force Warsh's divided Fed to hold the line on rates

Kevin Warsh took over as head of the Federal Reserve in May with monetary policy at a crossroads, officials divided over whether they would need to hike interest rates to control inflation and President Donald Trump demanding lower rates to ​stimulate the economy. Recent data, however, may have set up the U.S. central bank for an extended do-nothing stance.[...]