US Fed raises interests rates
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The US Federal Reserve raised US interest rates tonight for a fourth time this year by a quarter percentage point. It cited brightening job prospects, indicating that more increases may lie ahead.
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The US Federal Reserve increases the amount of money available as it seeks to ease the credit crunch.
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The Federal Reserve has raised US interest rates by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels as the economy grows.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  raised interest rates for the third time this year by a quarter  of a percentage point and said the economy was regaining some  momentum, signaling at least one more to come.
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The US Federal Reserve decided Tuesday to raise the federal funds rate, which commercial banks charge each other on overnight loans, by a quarter percentage points to 1.75 percent.
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The Federal Reserve raised official interest rates last month for the third time this year despite a mixed economic outlook. The rate increase took the benchmark federal funds rate to 1.75 percent from 1.50 percent.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to hike rates following the Labor Department&#39;s report on Friday that the US economy added almost twice as many jobs last month than Wall Street economists had predicted.
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US interest rates are expected to rise for the fifth time since June following the US Federal Reserve&#39;s latest rate-setting meeting later on Tuesday.
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The Federal Reserve boosted a key short-term interest rate by one-quarter percentage point today, marking the third increase this year.
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WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve, as expected, boosted its key interest rate on Tuesday for the third time in three months as it tries to stay one step ahead of inflation by gradually raising rates from 42-year lows.
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By Andrew Balls in Washington and Jennifer Hughes in New York. The Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised interest rates by a quarter point, to 2.25 per cent, and signalled there had been no change in its assessment of current economic conditions.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers raised interest rates yesterday for the fifth time this year and suggested they will continue gradual rate increases in 2005.
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THE US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the fifth time since June and signalled it was likely to keep pushing them higher at a &quot;measured&quot; pace in the new year.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  raised interest rates for the third time this year by a quarter  of a percentage point and said the economy was regaining  momentum, signaling at least one more to come.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve raised  interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter percentage point as  expected, the third straight rise in a bid to keep a lid on  inflation pressures despite some signs of economic softness.
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The Federal Reserve pushed U.S. interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point on Tuesday and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels.
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The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 2.25%, the fifth increase this year.