1 minutes, 555 words, and Fed-whisperer Jon Hilsenrath declares that based on the FOMC minutes, QE is dead and now the uncertainty is all about rate-hike timing. Crucially, given the Fed’s concerns over complacency, Hilsenrath explains, “while they don’t expect rates to get very high because of lingering headwinds to the economy, they also don’t want to give the public too much comfort that they’ll remain near historically low levels far into the future.”