The April 29 FOMC minutes, released Wednesday May 20 at 2 PM ET, showed officials shifting from debating rate cuts toward debating potential rate hikes, citing persistent inflation above the 2% target. The hawkish read flipped the policy script relative to the 8-4 dissent that had featured a cut-favoring minority.
Provenance — node opacity = source trust
- Evidence Strength
Strong
- Evidence Observed At
- May 20, 2026 · 6:00 PM UTC
- Citation
- https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/fomcminutes20260429.htm
- Citation Source
fed-press
- Central Bank
Federal Open Market Committee
- Meeting Date
- Apr 29, 2026