The Federal Reserve released its January 25-26, 2011 meeting minutes Wednesday afternoon. Washington mortgage rates have been in flux since. Fed Minutes are comprehensive recaps of Federal Open Market Committee meetings; a detailed look at the debates and discussions that shape our nation's monetary policy. As such, they're released 8 times annually; 3 weeks after the most recent FOMC meeting. Fed Minutes can be viewed as the unabridged version of the succinct, more well-known "Fed Statement" … [Read more...]