While it's far from a certainty, the minutes from the FOMC meeting in late July appear to support our view that the Fed will begin to slow its monthly asset purchases at the next meeting in mid-September. Nevertheless, with the FOMC still split on when to start the taper we suspect that, as a compromise, officials could opt to start the taper next month, but begin with a smaller than expected initial reduction of $10bn
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