Fed to raise US rates to underpin steady growth
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WASHINGTON: Another small hike in US interest rates is seen as a certainty when Federal Reserve policy-makers meet on Wednesday - a step on the march toward a level of rates necessary to underpin long-term expansion.
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: Federal Reserve officials are set to jack up interest rates on Tuesday 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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Federal Reserve policy-makers were expected to raise U.S. interest rates on Tuesday for a third time this year, continuing to lift borrowing costs from rock-bottom levels despite some signs of economic softness.
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The Federal Reserve can raise interest raise at a measured pace because US economic growth is ``solid&#39;&#39; and rising energy costs haven&#39;t yet sparked concern about a broader acceleration of inflation, Fed Governor Susan Bies said.
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The Federal Reserve pushed U.S. interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point on Tuesday and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels.
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The Federal Reserve pushed US interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point on Tuesday and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels.
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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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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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The U.S. Federal Reserve may need to   raise interest rates again to tame inflation and the ECB can   afford to hike euro zone rates further now that it has proof of   solid economic recovery, the OECD said on Tuesday.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials are  expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, but they  are also seen renewing an inflation warning even while taking  stock of cooler economic growth.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers   started a meeting on Wednesday at which markets expect them to   hold interest rates steady, while renewing inflation warnings   and delivering an assessment of cooler economic growth.
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The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates at their current level of 5.25% on Thursday.
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Gold was little changed in London, as the dollar remained steady against the euro on expectations the US Federal Reserve will raise rates for a fifth time this year today and that the nation&#39;s trade deficit widened in October.
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The Federal Reserve raised U.S.  interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the  fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting  them from rock-bottom levels as the economy grows.
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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 U.S. Federal Reserve will take  another small step this week toward raising interest rates to  more normal levels, but may be getting rates up to a point that  allows for a pause in increasing them, analysts say.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials are   expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, but they   are also seen renewing an inflation warning even while taking   stock of cooler economic growth.