WASHINGTON, D.C.: Federal Reserve policymakers were divided over whether US economic conditions would be strong enough to weather an interest rate increase soon, the minutes of the June 14 to 15 meeting showed on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila).

Some members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) saw growing improvement in the labor market and signs inflation was moving higher, underpinning support for a hike in ultra-low rates.

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