Fed Minutes Show No Appetite for a Series of Rate Hikes

On air: Hank Ledger on After the Bell
Published 4:32 PM ET, Wednesday, October 7, 2026

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First reported by MarketWatch: “Fed’s minutes show no appetite for a series of interest-rate hikes”.
Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 4:32 PM ET on After the Bell, by Hank Ledger.
Topics: Fed.

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MarketWatchFed’s minutes show no appetite for a series of interest-rate hikes

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMarketWatch reports the Fed's minutes show no appetite for a series of rate hikes. Lola Cruz is outside the Federal Reserve. Lola?
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm outside the Fed. MarketWatch says many officials saw September's hike as needed just in case inflation stays sticky. Just in case.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThat's their whole alibi.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI covered two wars and neither one had this much hedging. A security guard just told me this sidewalk is also a Fed sidewalk.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI asked for the sign. There is no sign.
Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSir, you're walking fast. Do you have a view on the minutes?
Marvin PellI read them on the toilet, ma'am. Forty minutes of hedging. Even my bowels committed harder than this committee did.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThank you, Lola. That was an upsetting amount of detail about the minutes. Officials just don't want a series of hikes.