Bloomberg reported that committee members are expected to focus on economic momentum heading into midyear, and they will try to determine if the economy is on a trajectory that can readily withstand the onset of rate increases sometime in the second half of 2015.
Bloomberg said a rate increase is extremely unlikely at this point due to the weak performance of the economy in the first quarter.
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