21.   Massad said he wanted underlying inflation and wage growth to slow before easing monetary policy.

22.   Meanwhile, pressure will mount on the Fed to ease monetary policy with lower rates.

23.   Moreover, if oil fuels inflation, the Federal Reserve may be forced to ease monetary policy again.

24.   Most Fed watchers considered the choice before the central bankers to be a close call, highlighting differences between Fed policymakers over how quickly to ease monetary policy.

25.   New economic data suggested to many traders that the Federal Reserve might ease its policy of raising interest rates.

26.   On Thursday, in a sharp turnabout, the government said it would ease the policy.

27.   One indication that there may be something to these complaints is that the fund has backed off and eased these policies.

28.   Rates rose as expectations the economy is not as weak as everybody would think, dashing hopes that monetary policy will be eased while keeping inflation in check.

29.   Stark called on the Fed to waste no time in easing monetary policy.

30.   The Bank of Canada was slow off the mark in easing monetary policy as recession loomed.