I believe the Department of Agriculture officials will be available over the next two days to assist those of you who may have questions and need assistance. We also sponsored a Chef this year for a two month attachment in Malaysia at a five star hotel to study the use of local produce in hotel menus.
Specifically, the Chairman noted that, if incoming data are broadly consistent with the Committee’s sense of the economic outlook, the Committee currently anticipates that it would be appropriate to moderate the monthly pace of purchases later this year.