By Martin Baccardax The Fed’s September meeting minutes suggested “it would become appropriate at some point to slow the pace of policy rate increases while assessing the effects … on economic activity.” The Federal Reserve is pursuing a rate hike path that, while likely costly for the U.S. economy, is nonetheless needed to tame the fastest inflation in decades, minutes from the central bank’s September policy meeting indicated Wednesday. However, minutes of the September 21 policy decision suggested that Fed officials would be mindful of the impact of rate hikes on broader economic growth, …