Some Federal Reserve officials believe it may soon be time to consider tapering asset purchases meant to aid the US economy's recovery from the pandemic, according to meeting minutes released Tuesday. "A number of participants suggested that if the economy continued to make rapid progress toward the committee's goals, it might be appropriate at some point in upcoming meetings to begin discussing a plan for adjusting the pace of asset purchases," according to minutes from the meeting of the Fed's policy setting committee last month. cs/st