Article source
Wall Street Journal
Article date
Tue, Jan 3, 2017
The Federal Reserve will offer another glimpse Wednesday of policy makers’ outlook for 2017 when it releases the minutes of the central bank’s Dec. 13-14 policy meeting, at which officials voted to raise interest rates for just the second time in a decade. They could offer clues on the timing of rate increases this year, the extent to which the fiscal outlook is affecting their projections, and their assessment of risks as inflation edged up and the jobless rate dipped. The Fed releases the minutes at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday. Here’s what to watch: