Fed to Focus on Economic Data
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The Federal Reserve will keep lifting  U.S. interest rates to less stimulative levels but will focus  increasingly on economic data as they make their decisions, a  raft of Fed officials suggested on Tuesday.
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A big week for economic news will be led off by the Federal Reserveâs announcement on interest rates on Wednesday.
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The dollar stalled on Wednesday after  weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data failed to provide new  direction for the market and focus shifted to what the Federal  Reserve would say after an expected rate rise next week.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to chart a new course on Tuesday and cut benchmark interest rates for the first time since mid-2003 to protect the economy from a housing downturn and jittery credit markets.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke will testify on July 19 and 20 on the Fed&#039;s semiannual  monetary policy report, congressional committees said on  Monday.
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Stock index futures edged up before the start of Wall Street trading on Wednesday with all eyes on retail sales data for clues about the health of the U.S. economy and the Federal Reserve's next monetary policy move.
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Understanding economic data is essential to investing success.
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Investors looked ahead to U.S. reports  on housing and producer prices on Friday for guidance on the  state of the world's leading economy after a raft of soft data,  while red-hot equities cooled a bit in both Europe and Asia.
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Wall Street looked set to open little changed on Friday ahead of economic data that might provide a steer on the outlook for the economy, which has recently thrown up a string of weak figures.
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Despite a report showing inflation in check, a worsening housing slump and a mixed economic outlook could put the Fed in a tight spot as it considers its next steps.
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NEW YORK - U.S. stocks are seen slightly higher at the open but a swathe of economic data is likely to influence overall sentiment and direction...
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The dollar stalled on Wednesday after  weaker-than-expected U.S. economic data failed to provide new  direction for the market, as focus shifted to what the Federal  Reserve would say after an expected rate rise next week.
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U.S. stock futures fell on Wednesday before the Federal Reserve's statement on the interest-rate outlook, government data on fourth-quarter economic growth and a busy schedule of corporate earnings.
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WASHINGTON -- Inside the U S Federal Reserve headquarters, a small team is testing a forecasting program that does the work of hundreds of economists. Never before has the Fed been able to crunch in real time such a large mountain of data -- as many as 150 indicators -- to divine where the economy is headed.
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Next weekâs meeting of the Fedâs policy makers is likely to focus on how much to cut rates and may mark a defining moment for the Ben S. Bernanke, the Fed chairman.
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Federal Reserve officials stressed on Friday the importance of keeping close watch on inflation expectations as a way to keep inflation in check and keep track of trends in the economy.
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ST. LOUIS  - The Federal Reserve is monitoring growth and inflation risks and it is too soon to tell if housing troubles will push the economy into recession, one of its top policy-makers said on Wednesday.