Fed leaves its benchmark rate as is, says inflation moderating
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The Federal Reserve kept the benchmark US interest rate at 5.25 percent, declaring that inflation is slowing modestly, even as the economy picks up speed.
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The US economy is following the Federal Reserve script for an orderly slowdown, with inflation cooling enough to allow the central bank to keep rates steady for a second consecutive session, analysts say.
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The Federal Reserve has hiked benchmark interest rates by one-quarter of one percent for the fifth time this year. At the final scheduled meeting of the year the Federal Open Market Committee boosted the federal funds rate to 2.25 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 at its final meeting of the year today.
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The Federal Reserve has never pledged to hike interest rates only at a measured pace and is closely watching inflation, a top policy-maker said on Monday in a possible sign of faster rate moves than expected.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on   Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for a second   straight meeting, biding time to assess whether cooling   economic growth will curb price pressures.
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Consumer prices barely budged in August, suggesting that inflation isn&#39;t currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policy-makers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve on Thursday held benchmark U.S. interest rates steady at 5.25 percent for an eighth straight meeting and dropped a description of core inflation as "elevated."
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The Bank of England on Thursday left its benchmark interest rate unchanged, at 4.75 percent, as policy makers assessed whether borrowing costs, already the highest in the Group of Seven, are constraining consumer demand.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policy-makers saw a lessening of economic threats from the housing slump but continued to worry about inflation as they decided last month to leave existing interest rates intact.
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More U.S. interest rate increases lie ahead, but they would likely not need to be at a faster pace because inflation is contained, Federal Reserve officials said on Friday.
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The US Federal Reserve keeps its main interest rate at 5.25%
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In lowering its benchmark Federal funds rate again, the central bank acknowledged that its primary worry right now is an economic slowdown rather than rising inflation.
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The U.S. economy grew at a faster   clip and inflation was slower than originally reported in the   second quarter, a government report said on Wednesday,   suggesting the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates steady.
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US Federal Reserve said Wednesday that rate hikes can continue at a &quot;measured pace&quot; as &quot;inflation and longer-term inflation expectations remain well contained&quot;.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded at its policy-setting session last month that risks of inflation remained balanced for now but they were clearly concerned about the potential for higher prices, meeting minutes issued on Tuesday showed.
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New data showed US inflation in check, with consumer prices up a modest 0.1 percent in August, giving the Federal Reserve room go slow on boosting interest rates.