Only "a couple" of officials at the Federal Reserve's June 17-18 meeting said they felt interest rates could fall as soon as this month, with most policymakers remaining worried to some degree about the inflationary pressure they expect to come from President Donald Trump's use of import taxes to reshape global trade.

U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday afternoon after the release of the Federal Open Market Committee's meeting minutes, which showed most policymakers thought that [some reduction in interest