Slowing Global Growth. There were a couple of officials felt it was a close call. Besides casey, president esther george, and bostons rosengren, appears those two were only dissenters. They were in favor of a rate cut last meeting. Several thought cutting rate would better align the fed fund rate with the yield curve. Officials saw trade tensions easing somewhat last meeting, they still view trade tensions, slowing Global Growth as prominent risks to the outlook. They are monitoring those carefully. They expect to continue to weighing on manufacturing, Business Investment. Theyre watching to see whether that spills into the job market and whether that can hurt consumer spending. Speaking of the job market. There was robust discussion on that. Officials were talking about whether the pace and slowdown of the job market is a sort of a natural occurrence that could relate to full employment or whether it is because there is a loss in momentum. Also on a note, very interestingly, fed Offic