1.   Deliberations are held in secret, however minutes are released several weeks later.

2.   However, minutes are released several weeks later.

3.   However, minutes are released several weeks later, after the following FOMC session.

4.   Minutes are released several weeks later.

5.   Minutes are released several weeks later, after the following FOMC session.

6.   Minutes are released several weeks after each meeting.

7.   Stock prices, which had been up sharply, dipped after the minutes were released Wednesday afternoon but then rebounded sharply.

8.   The minutes were released Thursday, two days after the Fed made its seventh cut of the year in short-term interest rates.