Sentence Correction (SC) | The Federal Reserve announcement said

The original is correct. The equivalent elements, “that growth had accelerated...” and “that the policy
makers remain...,” are parallel clauses beginning with "that." The verb tenses are also correct;
The action that occurred in the most distant past (“had picked up pace”) uses the past perfect; the
later past event (“statement also said”) uses the simple past. Also, “few” is correct, since it modifies
the quantifiable noun "signs."

(A) CORRECT. This choice
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