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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Even as the U.S. economy gathered steam this year Federal Reserve officials remained cautious about the continuing risks of the pandemic and committed to pouring on monetary policy support until a rebound was more secure, minutes of the central bank\u2019s March meeting reflect.<\/p>

FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Board building on Constitution Avenue is pictured in Washington, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS\/Leah Millis\/File Photo<\/figcaption>

With their own forecasts projecting the strongest run of economic growth in nearly 40 years, \u201cparticipants agreed that the economy remained far from the (Fed\u2019s) longer-run goals and that the path ahead remained highly uncertain,\u201d the Fed\u2019s minutes stated on Wednesday. \u201cParticipants noted that it would likely be some time,\u201d before conditions improved enough for the Fed to consider pulling support.<\/p>\n

What that may mean in practice however remains unclear, and divisions among Fed officials over how much longer to keep massive central bank support in place were on display Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, who agrees with the majority of his colleagues that interest rates will likely need to say near zero through 2023, said he envisions an uncomfortable period of higher inflation this year, but that the Fed shouldn\u2019t budge until it\u2019s sure that prices won\u2019t just fall back again below the Fed\u2019s 2% inflation goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really have to be patient and be willing to be bolder than most conservative central bankers would choose to be,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n

Separately, Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan reiterated his longstanding worries that low rates and the Fed\u2019s bond purchases could fuel excesses and imbalances in markets.<\/p>\n

Once the pandemic has receded, he said, the Fed should pare its bond buying and move toward raising rates in 2022, and signaled he may even be open to doing both at once.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy thought is the tapering would come first,\u201d Kaplan said in a virtual discussion organized by UBS. \u201cI think in my mind it would be substantially completed before you dealt with Fed funds rate, but I would like to retain flexibility on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

NO CHANGES AT MARCH MEETING<\/h2>\n

At the March 16-17 meeting, the Fed made no changes to its near zero target interest rate or the $120 billion pace of monthly bond buying, and also did not change its standing pledge to keep all of that in place until the economy is recovered from the lost jobs and other financial damage done by the pandemic and the sharp associated recession.<\/p>\n

But Fed officials did boost their outlook for the economy by a significant margin as they surveyed progress on the vaccines and the trillions of dollars in newly committed federal spending and concluded the economy was primed.<\/p>\n

The median Fed policymaker projection for economic growth in 2021 was increased from 4.2% as of December to 6.5%, which would if achieved be the fastest rate of expansion since 1984.<\/p>\n

Even with its policies unchanged, the outcome of the meeting suggested an evolving debate among policymakers about just how quickly recovery may occur, with four officials, including Dallas Fed\u2019s Kaplan, projecting a rate increase may be appropriate as early as next year.<\/p>\n

That is much faster than the core of officials who don\u2019t expect rates will need to rise until at least 2024.<\/p>\n

A shift in Fed strategy last year saw the Fed put a higher premium on encouraging employment, and saying it wanted inflation to run above its formal 2% target \u201cfor some time\u201d in order to offset years when the pace of price increases was too weak.<\/p>\n

That new framework was adopted unanimously. But the shift of several policymakers\u2019 views prompted some second guessing about whether the commitment is as deep as presented.<\/p>\n

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