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Federal Reserve policymakers clashed over the benefits and risks of launching a MYM600 billion program to rejuvenate the economy,but voted for it anyway.According to minutes of their closed.door deliberations released Tuesday.Despite anear unanimous 10-1 vote in support of the program.the minutes from the Nov.2-3 meeting show that some Fed officials had concerns about embarking on a second round of stimulus. The Fed also discussed at the October meeting whether to adopt an explicit inflation target but decided against it.Inflation has been running below the Fed’s comfort zone of between 1.5 percent and 2 percent.That spurred some concern of deflation. Explaining the need for more stimulus,the Fed said that progress on its kev dual mission 0f maximizing employment and making sure prices are on an even keel had been“disappointingly slow.”In fact.the Fed downgraded its forecasts for this year and next.Fed officials said that economic growth would be weaker and unemployment higher than previously estimated in June.