Will the US see inflation creep?
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All the rate suspense has gone in the last few meetings of the US Federal Reserve&#39;s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC), which sets the Fed Funds and discount rates.
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WASHINGTON -- With the economy shifting into a slower gear and inflation apparently retreating, Federal Reserve officials are likely to pat themselves on the back for engineering a soft landing and leave interest rates alone.
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Washington (dpa) - US consumer prices rose 0.1 per cent in August, a mild increase that suggested inflation was in check despite rising oil prices, the government said Thursday.
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Experts say higher inflation and interest rates are also on the horizon unless the currency begins to stabilize soon. BY MICHAEL E. KANELL.
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Inflation crept up in December, but the rise in prices will likely do little to hold back another interest rate cut this month.
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The U.S. economy may lose a step to  record high oil prices but concerns over inflation are likely  to keep the Federal Reserve on a steady course of gradually  raising interest rates, analysts say.
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The US 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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Will the economy make a soft landing, or will it hit the ground hard?
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Consumer prices calmed down in November, helped by smaller increases in energy and food. That means the Federal Reserve probably will continue raising interest rates only gradually to keep inflation under control.
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The US Federal Reserve continues to sees inflation as the "predominant concern" for the economy, minutes show.
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Has the economy&#39;s &#39;soft patch&#39; passed? Is inflation about to pop? The bond market doesn&#39;t think so. By Mark Gongloff, CNN/Money senior writer.
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U.S. consumer prices and costs   excluding food and energy both rose a modest 0.2 percent last   month, the government said on Friday in a report that could   reassure the Federal Reserve that inflation pressures are   easing.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers  meeting for a second day on Thursday look set to hold borrowing  costs steady as they monitor risks that U.S. inflation could  rekindle and that economic growth may stall.
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The coming week is expected to bring evidence of continued rises in upstream inflationary pressures alongside little change in the country's trade balance.
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WASHINGTON: Another small 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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WASHINGTON: New data yesterday showed US inflation in check, with consumer prices up a modest 0.1 per cent in August, giving the Federal Reserve room go slow on boosting interest rates.
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US News, CHICAGO - US economic growth is expected to slow in 2005 due to rising interest rates and high crude oil prices, according to a forecast of participants at a Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago conference released on Monday.