US Fed set to serve up another small rate hike
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Federal Reserve officials are expected to nudge interest rates up on Tuesday for a fifth time this year, another small step in a campaign to gradually lift borrowing costs before inflation rears its head.
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The dollar made slight gains on Monday as traders prepared for a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting this week, where a rate rise is widely expected and the market will be looking for signals on future policy intentions.
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Federal Reserve policy makers raised the benchmark US interest rate for a fourth straight time and restated a plan to carry out further increases at a ``measured&#39;&#39; pace.
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Another hike in US interest rates is seen as a certainty when Federal Reserve policy-makers meet on Wednesday -- a step on the march toward a level of rates necessary to underpin long-term expansion.
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The Federal Reserve looked set to  lift U.S. interest rates on Thursday for a 17th straight time  and will likely hold the door open to pushing them even higher  in coming months to ward off inflation.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve will take another small step this week toward raising interest rates to more normal levels, but may be getting rates up to a point that allows for a pause in increasing them, analysts say.
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The US central bank raised a key interest rate one-quarter of a percent (to 2.25) Tuesday in a bid to fend off future inflation. It is the fifth time since June that Federal Reserve officials have
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THE United States Federal Reserve is expected to raise the bellwether federal funds rate, which banks charge each other for overnight loans, by a quarter point to 2.25 per cent today.
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The Federal Reserve looks set to  lift U.S. interest rates on Thursday for a 17th straight time  and will likely hold the door open to pushing them even higher  in coming months to ward off inflation.
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NEW YORK, December 15  - The US Federal Reserve announced yesterday a widely expected quarter point hike in its overnight lending rate, the fifth hike since June this year.
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America&#39;s central bank, the Federal Reserve, last night raised interest rates for the fourth time in six months and warned US consumers and businesses to expect further increases in the cost of borrowing over the coming months.
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The US Fed has done it again. Though the 25 basis points interest rate hike was largely on expected lines, unlike the previous two hikes of 25 basis points each in July and August respectively, there was some
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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 raised short-term interest rates on Tuesday for the fifth time this year and suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead.
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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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US Federal Reserve decided Tuesday to raise the federal funds rate, which commercial banks charge each other on overnight loans, by one-quarter percentage point to 2.25 percent from 2 percent.
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With a fall in oil prices easing inflation concerns, the Federal Reserve is expected to continue its easy-does-it approach to raising interest rates, boosting a key rate by a moderate quarter-point today.