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IMF warns that Fed should delay rate hike until 2016
By David Chance
Reuters
Thursday, June 4, 2015
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Reserve should delay a rate hike until the first half of 2016 until there are signs of a pickup in wages and inflation, the International Monetary Fund said today in its annual assessment of the economy.
The fund's report comes amid signs that some rate setters at the U.S. central bank are also pushing for rate hikes to be delayed until there are clearer signs of a sustained recovery. U.S. data has been mixed and the economy shrank 0.7 percent in the first quarter.
"Based on the mission’s macroeconomic forecast, and barring upside surprises to growth and inflation, this would put lift-off into the first half of 2016," the fund said. ...
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/04/us-usa-imf-idUSKBN0OK1L220150604
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