 A weekend piece from Nick Timiraos in the Wall Street Journal. Says Federal Reserve officials are preparing to slow down from a 50bp rate hike in December to 25bp this time around the meeting is January 31February 1. And that further debate at the Federal Open Market Committee FOMC will centre on when to paude rate hikes ahead. They could begin deliberating at the Jan. 31-Feb. 1 gathering how much more softening in labor demand, spending and inflation they would need to s... 