Fed rate cut this week not a sure thing: report
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A Federal Reserve interest rate cut this week is no sure thing and officials are not seriously considering a half-point reduction in overnight rates, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday without citing sources.
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Key economic data from the United States this week may seal the case for the first cut in the federal funds rate in more than four years, which would help ease investor concerns about a fallout from the subprime crisis.
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Fed moves don't always mean lower rates for borrowers.
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Investor's Business Daily - Even before Tuesday's 0.75% slash in the federal funds rate by the Federal Reserve, mortgage rates had been sliding. Last week's cut pulled down home loan rates more.
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The Federal Reserve cut U.S. interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
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Stock futures eased on Friday suggesting a fall on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Thursday but flagged persistent price pressures, reducing the chances of a rate cut.
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Retail sales and industrial output eked out smaller-than-expected gains in August, according to data on Friday that kept in place expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is not  rushing to cut benchmark interest rates because it wants to  break investors of the view that the central bank is there to  bail them out, an article in the Wall Street Journal said on  Thursday.
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A new inflation report raised concerns that the Federal Reserve will back away from cutting interest rates again.
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A long period of stasis in Federal  Reserve monetary policy looks certain to end on Tuesday with a  U.S. interest-rate cut, leaving the question of how much  further rates may drop and how fast.
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WASHINGTON - The message from Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues is clear: The housing slump will drag on well into next year as credit problems linger. What's not so apparent is how they'll deal with the crisis, although another interest rate cut could come this week.
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Fed chief Bernanke failed to deliver any indications of a rate cut next week, but investors didn't seem to mind.
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Stock index futures pointed to a flat  market open on Tuesday after a Wall Street Journal article cast  doubt on the chances of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut on  Wednesday.
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Its rate cuts haven't been aggressive enough to boost the economy, say some analysts.
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The US Federal Reserve left rates on hold in January amid uncertainty about the future path of inflation, minutes show.
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With a sparse economic calendar and a Federal Reserve interest rate decision a week away, the avalanche of earnings reports may be foremost on tradersâ minds.
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WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve is likely to lift key rates by a quarter-point this week, but a sputtering US economy is forcing policymakers to re-evaluate the outlook for future increases, analysts say.