by Calculated Risk on 5/21/2008 02:29:00 PM

From the WSJ: Fed Signals Rate Cuts Are Done, Lowers Growth Forecast for 2008

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday appeared to shut the door to the possibility of further interest rate cuts, saying in April meeting minutes that the last rate cut was a "close call," and that many officials think future reductions are unlikely even if the economy contracts.
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The Fed also released updated quarterly economic forecasts with the April minutes. The central tendency of officials' forecasts is for gross domestic product to rise between just 0.3% and 1.2% this year, down from the last forecast of growth between 1.3% to 2%. Officials also raised their forecasts for the unemployment rate and both headline and core inflation as measured by the price index for personal consumption expenditures.

Here are the minutes.

Slower growth, more inflation, no rate cuts ...