Fed officials see brighter global economic outlook
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two top Federal Reserve officials painted a picture of cautious optimism on Friday for the U. S. economy in 2013, helped by stronger global growth as the central bank aggressively prints money to curb the nation’s lofty rate of unemployment. The Fed this week decided to keep buying bonds at a $85 billion monthly pace, and hold interest rates near zero until the jobless rate falls to 6. 5 percent, so long as inflation does not threaten to rise above a threshold of 2. 5 percent. U. S. unemployment edged up 0. 1 percentage point to 7. . . .
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