No need to fear a recession: policy-makers
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Policy-makers assured nervous investors on Friday that the United States was not heading into recession and recent stock market losses did not warrant central bank intervention.
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Former Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan said on Monday there is an increased risk of a recession but cautioned that the Fed must still be on guard for a rise in inflation.
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Worries about short-term damage to the economy led Federal Reserve policymakers at their August meeting to halt a more than two-year-old interest rate-raising campaign.
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Some world leaders say they will not be pressured into following economic policies prescribed to them.
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The Economic Cycle Research Institute was among the first to predict the recession after the 1990Âs boom, and it is getting nervous once again.
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With no major economic crises brewing, the head of the International Monetary Fund on Saturday urged world financial leaders to seize the period of calm as a time to tackle weak spots in their economies.
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While the U.S. economy is at some risk of a slowdown, it will probably avoid a recession, and any downturn is unlikely to be severe, Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday  expressed concern about a possible U.S. recession but warned  that the central bank cannot let down its guard when it comes  to fighting inflation.
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Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday expressed concern about a possible U.S. recession but warned that the central bank cannot let down its guard when it comes to fighting inflation.
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Don't panic over rising interest rates.
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Australia's central bank has eased fears of a pre-Christmas interest rate rise, saying it sees no need yet for an increase in a buoyant economy firmly underpinned by global recovery and strong commodity prices.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  - High oil prices will probably  brake U.S. growth but will not derail the economy provided they  do not rise sharply from current levels, top Federal Reserve  policymakers said on Tuesday.
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Philly Fed president sees no need for central bank to halt rate hikes; employment set to rise. PHILADELPHIA  - The US economy is on course for sustainable expansion with little danger of inflationary
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The health of the British economy is threatened by the risk of recession in the United States and interest rate cuts are required, a member of the Bank of England's rate-setting committee said Monday.
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"Consumers in Europe have no reason to lose confidence, the economic situation in Europe seems to be uncoupled from the situation in the U.S."  Euro nations see no immediate need to react to the growing threat of a U.S. slowdown that sent stock markets plunging Monday, the head of the group of 15 euro finance ministers said after they met for talks. via BusinessWeek
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Some Federal Reserve policymakers worried last month that inflation dangers were growing and that low interest rates might be encouraging excessively risky investments, including speculative home buying.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow on  Friday said higher oil prices were a risk to global growth, but  would not be likely to cause a recession.