Fed Officials Debated Whether a Big Rate Cut Was Smart in September The New York TimesFed officials were divided on whether to cut rates by half a point in September, minutes show CNBCFed Minutes Reveal Divide Over Size of September Rate Cut The Wall Street JournalFed Minutes: Powell’s Half-Point Cut Is Hard to Repeat With FOMC in No Hurry BloombergFed September minutes may show whether 50 bps was a slam dunk or a hard sell Reuters