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Fed likely to stress inflation outlook

By Krishna Guha in Washington

Published: June 26 2007 19:58 | Last updated: June 26 2007 19:58

Federal Reserve officials are expected to discuss ways to redirect market attention from current core inflation to its forecast of headline inflation at this week’s meeting of the rate-setting Open Market Committee.

The meeting, the first since the sell-off in the bond market pushed up long-term interest rates, will end with the Fed affirming its focus on inflation risk.

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