reluctance

Besides Williams, the four other voting presidents have signaled either opposition or reluctance to cutting rates at the Dec. 9-10 meeting.

But some Fed members have recently expressed a reluctance to lower rates.

But some Fed members have recently expressed a reluctance to lower rates.

To this point of the offseason, of course, the Dodgers have signaled a reluctance to add more lucrative, long-term, free-agent contracts to their steadily aging core.

"There was a reluctance to think we were slipping back into some kind of Cold War," he says.