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Fed officials vague on when to trim U.S. stimulus

Three U.S. Federal Reserve officials weighed in on Friday on the key question of when to reduce the central bank's bond buying, but their divergent views offered little more clarity for investors trying to predict what will happen at a Fed policy meeting next month.
The comments by Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart, his St. Louis counterpart, James Bullard, and John Williams of the San Francisco Fed all suggested U.S. monetary policymakers want to keep their options open headed into a much-anticipated meeting in Washington on September 17-18. Read more...