Fed Minutes: Officials Back Reducing Bond Holdings This Year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials signaled in discussions earlier this month that they would likely begin reducing the Fed's huge portfolio of bond holdings later this year, a step that could cause borrowing rates to rise.

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