◾◾ A senior official at the US Federal Reserve says the bank should return to cutting interest rates "gradually", after a larger-than-usual cut earlier this month

◾ The president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Alberto Musallem, believes that the US economy may react "very strongly" to easy financial conditions, stimulating demand and prolonging the bank's mission to reach its target rates

◾ The Fed official believes that it is about gradually making policy less restrictive, according to what was reported by the British newspaper Financial Times