Feds leave key interest rate alone
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The Federal Reserve held a key short-term interest rate steady Wednesday, a possible sign the central bank thinks the economy is on solid footing.
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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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The US Federal Reserve holds interest rates at 5.25% as evidence grows of a slowing economy.
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All nine members of the Bank of England&#39;s Monetary Policy Committee voted to keep interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent this month, and there seemed to be no discussion of raising borrowing costs.
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The US Federal Reserve opts to keep interest rates on hold for the fourth successive month amid signs of a slowing economy.
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Britain&#39;s central bank, the Bank of England, decided Thursday to leave the base interest rate on hold at 4.75 percent for the fourth month in a row amid signs of a cooling economy.
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The Federal Reserve&#39;s policy year was fittingly capped on Dec. 14 with another quarter-point rate hike. This widely expected move by the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed&#39;s rate-setting arm, lifted the Fed funds rate to 2.25%.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
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â¢ The level at which the Federal Reserve&#39;s federal funds rate, the overnight rate charged between banks, neither stimulates nor slows economic growth.
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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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The US Federal Reserve keeps interest rates on hold for the fourth successive month amid signs of a slowing economy.
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The Bank of Canada left interest rates unchanged, saying the economy remained on track despite slower growth and the increased risk posed by a downturn in the United States housing market. The central bank left its key overnight rate at 4.25 percent for the second consecutive time after raising rates seven times between September 2005 and May of this year. Markets had widely expected the bank to hold rates steady. In a statement, the bank was not as dovish as had been expected, leaving analysts less sure about its next moves.
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A surprise 75 basis point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve on Tuesday failed to shift sentiment in sour global stock markets, giving only a temporary shot in the arm before they dipped back into the red.
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Bank of England policymakers voted unanimously to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent earlier this month and did not even consider a hike, official records showed, reinforcing expectations that borrowing costs are at or near a peak.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged today for a second straight month, and many analysts think there won't be any more rate increases this year.
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The Bank of England is widely expected to leave interest rates unchanged at 4.75 percent on Thursday after recent signs that a string of hikes have started to douse the red-hot housing market.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve believed  interest rates were too low to forestall inflation even after  it raised borrowing costs in December, according to minutes of  that meeting released on Tuesday.