WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve officials signaled in discussions early this month that they would likely start reducing the Fed’s huge portfolio of bond holdings later this year, a step that could cause borrowing rates to rise.
At the same time, the Fed appears to be on track to resume raising its key short-term interest rate when it next meets in mid-June.
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