Fed to hold its fire this week, wants clearer economic view

By way of Alister Bull WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials are unlikely to make any shift to financial coverage this week as they stay up for more evidence of how badly Washington's price range fight has hurt the U.S. economy. Certainly, they might stand pat for the rest of the yr. "I might say January or March at this level," said Scott Brown, chief economist at Raymond James in St. Petersburg, Florida, on when the Fed would begin to scale back its bond-buying stimulus. "Odds for December are lower than 50/50. …