Fed Seen Likely to Raise Interest Rates
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With the U.S. economy picking up  steam, the year's fourth straight interest-rate hike looked  like a certainty at Wednesday's meeting of the Federal  Reserve's Open Market Committee, economists said.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely next week to raise its target federal funds rate to 1.75 percent from 1.5 percent, nearing the end of the first stage of what appears to be a two-stage plan to return rates to "normal" levels, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK, September 20  - The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise the interest rates and announce its plans for further rate hikes tomorrow.
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While economists widely expect Federal Reserve officials to raise interest rates when they meet Tuesday, opinions about what the Fed will do late this year and
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U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers  met for a second day on Wednesday and were expected to announce  a sixth straight interest-rate rise aimed at sheltering an  economic expansion from inflation.
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point on Tuesday as widely expected, saying growth &quot;appears to have regained some traction.
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Federal Reserve officials are expected to nudge interest rates up on Tuesday for a fifth time this year, another small step in a campaign to gradually lift borrowing costs before inflation rears its head.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers  gathered on Tuesday, with the expectation they will lift U.S.  interest rates for a third time this year despite lingering  signs of economic stress.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to nudge interest rates up today for a fourth time this year, acting on the belief that the economy has finally emerged from an extended &#39;&#39;soft patch.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers were expected to raise US interest rates on Tuesday for a third time this year, continuing to lift borrowing costs from rock
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The ECB is likely to raise interest rates in a regular monthly policy meeting scheduled on Thursday. The key rate that is now at a historic low of 2% will probably be raised to combat inflationary pressures.
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UK interest rates are expected to go up  later this week as the Bank of England moves to combat inflation.
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Federal Reserve officials are set to jack up interest rates tonight for a fifth time this year, confident the US expansion is self-supporting and no longer in need of rock-bottom borrowing costs for a boost.
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WALL STREETâs leading institutions expect the US Federal Reserve to raise American interest rates tomorrow, despite anxiety over the global outlook for 2005.
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WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve Board raised short-term interest rates Wednesday for the fourth time this year and suggested that it would continue to raise them gradually over the next year.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, wanting to keep inflation at bay, is expected to boost short-term interest rates for a third time this year today, a move that would come in the final stretch of the presidential campaign.
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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policy-makers are expected to raise short-term interest rates for a third time this year, part of a gradual process to wean the economy from ultralow rates, which are no longer needed as a bracing tonic.    Although private economists have mixed opinions whether the economy still is working through its late-spring blues or has emerged, most believe the economy is in good enough shape for the Fed to boost rates again...