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Fed's Musalem says rates could stay put if trade tensions are durably de-escalated

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Even after the U.S. and China trade detente, the labor market looks likely to weaken and prices to head higher, but as long as the public continues to expect inflation to fall to the U.S. central bank's 2% goal, a balanced monetary policy response to that challenging mix remains "feasible," St. Louis Federal Reserve President Alberto Musalem said on Tuesday.

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