WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to lower interest rates by a quarter percentage point was met with dissenting votes by two policymakers, one favoring a larger cut and another preferring no reduction at all, a rare example over the last few decades of multiple dissents in opposing directions.

The Federal Open Market Committee voted 10-2 to lower its policy rate to a range of 3.75%-to-4.00%. Fed Governor Stephen Miran dissented in favor of a half-percentage point reduction, while Kansas City Fed President Jeffrey Schmid dissented in favor of no reduction.

Following is a history of Federal Open Market Committee policy decisions since 1990 featuring multiple dissents, when those disagreeing with the policy decision did so for disparate reasons, with one or m

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