MADRID/THE WOODLANDS, Texas: Fed policymakers said on Thursday they are open to the possibility of another rate cut as data indicated that a slowdown in U.S. manufacturing is beginning to spread to other parts of the world's biggest economy.
"We will go to our next meeting, have a discussion about what's appropriate, and I'm extremely open-minded to making an adjustment if that's what the appropriate policy is," Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans said in Madrid, a few hours before a report showed growth in the vast U.S. services sector may be stalling.