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People walk past the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC on March 19, 2021.Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve is preparing markets to begin their first monetary tightening since the pandemic began, and…

Federal Reserve officials discussed a throttle at their last meeting, but according to the minutes released Wednesday, few seemed in a hurry to get the process off the ground.The summary of the meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee…

Richard Clarida, vice chairman of the US Federal Reserve, told CNBC on Wednesday that he believed the central bank should maintain its ultra-loose policies even if the US economy rushes back from its plunge in the pandemic.In a "Closing…