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Fed policymakers divided over rate-hike logic in September, minutes show

Federal Reserve ​policymakers were divided last month over the rationale for raising interest rates, with "some participants" seeing a hike ‌as needed to keep the impact of energy and other price shocks at bay, but a more hawkish core viewing it as necessary to guard against emerging demand-driven inflation.

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