• FOMC continues Operations Twist ($400b to June)

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13 December 2011

FOMC continues Operations Twist ($400b to June)

No change in rates (FF again targeted 0%-1/4%) with mid-'13 assurance, no mention of IOER or communications. FOMC reiterates will continue to assess in light of incoming info, employ tools incl adjust securities holdings. Says econ expanded 'moderately' since Nov. meeting notwithstanding global slowdown. Data 'point to some improvement in overall labor mkt' but repeats unemp rate elevated. Biz invst increasing less rapidly. Infl will 'settle' to meet mandate. Infl expectatns stable. No explicit mention of EZ. Vote was 9-1, with Chicago Fed's Evans dissenting again, wants more easing.

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