Fed chief says growth to rise, inflation to slip
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Federal Reserve chairman Ben S. Bernanke predicted American economic growth will pick up "a bit" next year and inflation will recede.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  - High oil prices will probably  brake U.S. growth but will not derail the economy provided  there is not another sharp spike upward, a top Federal Reserve  policymaker said on Tuesday.
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The Federal Reserve would raise interest rates if inflation moved higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday, warning that the economy might be stronger than it appears.
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Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Americans are likely to let short-term events shape their long-term perceptions about price increases.
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Rising oil prices will weigh on US economic growth but the increases seen so far will not derail the expansion and need not fuel a troubling inflation, Federal Reserve Board Governor Ben Bernanke said on Monday.
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The U.S. economy should grow about  4.0 percent next year, giving the Federal Reserve room to  continue raising interest rates at a measured pace,   Philadelphia Fed President Anthony Santomero said on Friday.
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Further interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve will be made at a &quot;measured&quot; pace, Minneapolis Fed President Gary Stern said on Friday.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to nod to signs of easing inflation when policy-makers meet next week, but with signs U.S. economic growth is reviving, inflation looks set to remain its main concern.
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US Federal Reserve policy-makers probably will keep nudging interest rates upward next year, trying to guard against inflation but moving moderately enough to keep the economy expanding.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday housing market woes could dampen an expected pickup in U.S. economic growth, but he restated that the central bank's main worry is inflation.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - Federal Reserve Bank of   Dallas President Richard Fisher said on Monday that slowing   U.S. economic growth should contain inflation but if it fails   to do so, the U.S. central bank must act.
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Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said today that economic expansion had "regained some traction," and suggested that the central bank would stick to its plan of gradually raising interest rates.
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Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, warns of the continuing pressures of inflation on the world's largest economy.
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The Fed chief said today that the central bank âstands ready to take additional actions as neededâ to limit the effect of the financial market disorder on the economy.
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PALO ALTO, Calif.  - The United States is on  course for sustained economic growth, with labor markets  gradually firming and inflation likely to stay well contained,  Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen  said on Friday.
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High oil prices will probably brake U.S. growth but will not derail the economy provided there is not another sharp spike upwards, a top Federal Reserve policymaker said on Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday the U.S. economy will grow  gradually this year and gain steam in 2008, but warned there  are many risks to the outlook and stressed the U.S. central  bank is on guard against inflation.