October jobs boom may keep US rates rising to the end of 2004
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WASHINGTON, Nov 7  - The discovery of life in the American jobs market may keep the Federal Reserve raising interest rates until the end of 2004, analysts said.
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Surging energy prices drove up the key US inflation gauge more than expected in October, providing one more reason why the market should expect another rate hike from the nation&#39;s central bank next month.
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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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Washington - Casting aside fears about weak job creation and tepid holiday sales, the US appeared set to raise interest rates tomorrow for the fifth consecutive time.
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WASHINGTON : US Federal Reserve policymakers opened a meeting, nearly certain to raise key interest rates amid signs of a resurgent American jobs market.
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Rising energy costs drove up US consumer prices a larger-than-expected 0.6 percent in October, while industrial output and housing starts rebounded strongly from the prior month.
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The dollar may strengthen against the euro this week on speculation the biggest monthly increase in US jobs since May will persuade investors that a mid-year lull in the economy is over, a Bloomberg News survey indicates.
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Washington - With the US economy expanding at a respectable pace, companies hiring and consumers inclined to spend, Federal Reserve policy makers can feel comfortable about boosting short-term interest rates for a fourth time this year.
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The US economy has continued to grow in September and early October, but was hampered by record oil prices, a report from the Federal Reserve shows.
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With the US economy picking up steam, the year&#39;s fourth straight interest-rate hike looked like a certainty at Wednesday&#39;s meeting of the Federal Reserve&#39;s Open Market Committee, economists said.
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The US Federal Reserve last night raised interest rates for the third time this year in spite of a renewed surge in oil prices. The widely expected move took the Fed funds&#39; rate up a quarter-point to 1.75%, following similar moves in August and June.
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The US economy added a much better-than-expected 337,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department said, setting the stage for a third day of major gains in the stock market.
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The US Federal Reserve Board, wanting to keep inflation at bay, is expected to boost short-term interest rates Tuesday for a third time this year, a move that would come in the final stretch of the presidential campaign.
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Will making the biggest cut to a key interest rate in nearly 20 years steady US and global markets?
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US employers added 96,000 jobs last month, a tepid performance that disappointed Wall Street markets but was strong enough to keep the unemployment rate from rising above 5.4 percent.
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New US jobs soared at the sharpest rate in seven months in October, the government reported yesterday, helped by a surge in construction activity as hurricane-battered areas in the Southeast were rebuilt.
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U.S. core consumer prices kept  rising in October and new claims for unemployment benefits  unexpectedly shot higher last week, according to government  reports on Thursday that implied the economy faces continuing  pressure to keep growing without spurring inflation.