They didn't threaten anything, but the freshly rallied New Year's market got a quick champagne hangover already. The December minutes simply exposed the long standing debate between hawks and doves at the Fed.
"What's clear from these minutes is that there is little consensus among the members of the FOMC on how long asset purchases should carry on" according to Jason Conibear, trading director at Cambridge Mercantile.
Carry on. Yea, hold that thought. Ctrl+P