BlockBeats News, May 21st, Federal Reserve Meeting Minutes: Participants generally believed that persistent high inflation, along with the uncertainty surrounding the Middle East situation, may require keeping the current policy stance in place for longer than anticipated. Many policymakers are more inclined to remove the dovish bias from the policy statement. Most participants indicated that if inflation remains elevated above 2%, some policy tightening may be necessary. Only "a few" Fed officials believed that future rate cuts would be appropriate.
