根据“的最新会议，美国中央银行在最新会议上升级了该国经济的前景，虽然改善不足以阻止官员追求第二轮量化宽松的宽松。华尔街日报。星期四，美国联邦储备发布了1月份会议的分钟联邦公开市场委员会这表明政策制定者将2011年增长的预测提升到该国国内生产总值中的3.4％至3.9％。11月，本集团的预测范围从3.0％到3.6％。官员引用了较强的消费支出，并从最近批准的一揽子削减额外升级的批准。
The FOMC remained committed to the Fed’s $600 billion bond-purchase program, voting unanimously to keep the program since, “The pace of the recovery was insufficient to bring about a significant improvement in labor market conditions, and measures of underlying inflation had trended downward.” The members of the FOMC remained supportive of regular reviews of the stimulus program, but the minutes revealed that some officials felt “it was unlikely that the outlook would change by enough to substantiate any adjustments to the program before its completion.”