Fed starts meeting, expected to hold rates steady
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Federal Reserve policy-makers started a two-day meeting on Wednesday that is widely expected to lead to a decision to hold interest rates steady and a restatement of concerns about inflation.
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Amid growing signs of a US economic rebound taking root, the Federal Reserve appears likely to hold interest rates steady again at its upcoming policy meeting, analysts say.
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Faced with a strengthening economy  and scant signs of runaway prices, the Federal Reserve appeared  set to keep interest rates steady on Wednesday while keeping up  a verbal guard against potential inflation.
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The Federal Reserve on Thursday held benchmark U.S. interest rates steady at 5.25 percent for an eighth straight meeting and dropped a description of core inflation as "elevated."
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials are expected to hold interest rates steady on Tuesday and retain a cautionary warning about inflation risks, while taking stock of cooler economic growth.
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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 U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  held benchmark interest rates steady at 5.25 percent for a  fourth straight meeting, while renewing a warning that risks  from inflation remain.
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Federal Reserve policymakers held short-term interest rates steady today, but indicated they remain ready to raise borrowing costs if strong economic growth fuels inflation pressures.
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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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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers started a two-day meeting on Tuesday that was widely expected to conclude with a decision to hold rates steady along with a renewed warning about inflation risks.
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The Federal Open Market Committee, the rate-setting panel for the US Federal Reserve, began its deliberations Wednesday with a rate hike widely expected.
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Faced with a strengthening economy and scant signs of runaway prices, the Federal Reserve appeared set to keep interest rates steady on Wednesday while keeping up a verbal guard against potential inflation.
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Observers widely expect the U.S.  Federal Reserve to raise U.S. interest rates by a  quarter-percentage point at the conclusion of a two-day meeting  that opens on Tuesday as the U.S. economy is growing steadily.
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Following is the text of a statement released by the Federal Reserve yesterday after the Fedâs monetary policy panel, the Federal Open Market Committee, decided to leave interest rates unchanged.
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The US Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates at 5.25% as evidence grows of a slowing economy.
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WASHINGTON -- Concerns about inflation trumped worries about the slumping housing market last month in the minds of Federal Reserve officials who voted to hold interest rates steady.
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Concerns about inflation trumped worries about the slumping housing market last month by Federal Reserve officials who voted to hold interest rates steady.