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Fed officials dampen talk of imminent bond buying cutback

Two senior Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday played down the chances that the U.S. central bank would signal a readiness to reduce its bond buying at its meeting next month, dampening speculation the Fed's ultra-easy monetary policy might end soon.New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley and St. Louis Fed chief James Bullard, both of whom will vote at the June 18-19 meeting, made clear further economic progress was needed before they would support curtailing bond purchases.Wall Street stocks rallied, with both the Dow Jones industrial average and Standard & Poor's 500 Index closing at new all-time highs after their remarks eased investor concerns that the Fed would reduce its stimulus of the economy."Inflation is pretty low in the U.S.," Bullard told reporters after delivering a lecture in Frankfurt. "I can't envision a good case to be made for tapering unless the inflation situation turns around and we are more confident than we are today that inflation is going to mo...

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