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Economy

Fed Heads Into Its October Meeting With Traders Split on the Next Rate Move

Policymakers weigh cooling inflation against a softening labor market as the FOMC decision nears.

The Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee meets this week with less consensus than at any point this year. Futures traders have spent the past fortnight swinging between pricing a hold and pricing another quarter-point cut, and each new data release has nudged the odds in a different direction.