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Fed policymakers concerned about QE: minutes

Massive Federal Reserve asset purchases are worrying its policymakers, with some wanting to wind them down before the jobs market heals significantly, according to official minutes released Wednesday.

The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC on April 2, 2009. Massive Federal Reserve asset purchases are worrying its policymakers, with some wanting to wind them down before the jobs market heals significantly, according to official minutes released Wednesday.

Minutes of the January 29-30 Federal Open Market Committee monetary policy meeting showed the asset purchases, known as quantitative easing, were under some pressure to be scaled back.

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