Fed officials are increasingly split on rate cuts, though UBS's Paul Donovan says their indecision currently amounts to little more than “masterful inactivity.”

As the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s June meeting were released on Wednesday, the word “uncertainty” reigned supreme amid the ongoing tariff turmoil and President Donald Trump‘s call to cut rates by 3 percentage points.

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Federal Reserve officials diverged at their June meeting about how aggressively they would be willing to cut interest rates.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on June 17-18, 2025.The minutes for

Fed governors, including the chair, are nominated by the president and confirmed by the Senate. But members of the FOMC decide who is chair of the rate-setting committee, which is comprised of the seven governors, the New York Fed president, and four other regional Fed presidents who serve on a rotating basis.

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The euro continues to have a quiet week and is drifting for a third consecutive day. In the European session, EUR/USD is trading at 1.1730, up 0.09% on the day.

The labor market was a bigger point of discussion in the Federal Reserve's most recent monetary policy-setting meeting, but officials were divided about the path of future actions.

Treasury yields are barely changed after Wednesday’s more pronounced falls, following the FOMC’s minutes, which showed some officials’ openness to consider rate cuts in July.