 Reducing policy restraint too late or too little could unduly weaken economic activity and employment. The next meeting of the Fed will be at the end of the month. Kroger and Albertsons have released the list of stores the companies plan to sell if a merger between the grocery giants wins approval from regulators. Here in Washington, that would mean 124 Safeways, Albertsons, QFCs, and Hagen stores would be sold to the new owner, CNS Wholesalers. The deal still has a major date coming, August 26th.