Fed seen on hold amid inflation debate: report
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers want to shift their emphasis away from current benign inflation to uncertainty about future price pressures, and are debating whether to stop calling inflation "elevated" in their policy statements, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday  expressed concern about a possible U.S. recession but warned  that the central bank cannot let down its guard when it comes  to fighting inflation.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers  want to shift their emphasis away from current benign inflation  to uncertainty about future price pressures, and are debating  whether to stop calling inflation &quot;elevated&quot; in their policy  statements, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers meeting for a second day on Thursday look set to hold borrowing costs steady as they monitor risks that U.S. inflation could rekindle and that economic growth may stall.
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Recent action by the Federal Reserve is likely to calm troubled  U.S. markets, but inflation remains a worry, a top U.S. central bank official said on Friday.
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The Federal Reserve is considering several steps to make its deliberations more transparent, but are likely to delay a decision on one of Chairman Ben Bernanke's goals: an explicit inflation target, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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The Federal Reserve's favored gauge of   U.S. inflation rose less than expected in July, while a measure   of Midwest business activity showed slower growth in August,   according to reports on Thursday that suggested the U.S.   central bank does not need to raise interest rates soon.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded  at its policy-setting session last month that risks of  inflation remained balanced for now, but they were clearly  concerned about the potential for higher prices, minutes of the  meeting issued on Tuesday showed.
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ST. LOUIS  - Inflation expectations are "quite well anchored," giving the Federal Reserve breathing room for further possible rate cuts, but there is no clear evidence that a recession is at hand, a top Fed policy-maker said on Wednesday.
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The Federal Reserve is close to agreeing changes in its communication strategy, including quarterly publication of internal forecasts, but it will not adopt an inflation target any time soon, Fed sources said on Friday.
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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 dollar stuck to tight ranges on Tuesday ahead of a Federal Reserve interest rate decision and a gathering of Group of Seven finance ministers and central bankers late in the week.
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U.S. stocks may stall at the start of this week as investors wait for word from the Federal Reserve's final policy meeting of the year.
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The U.S. economy may lose a step to  record high oil prices but concerns over inflation are likely  to keep the Federal Reserve on a steady course of gradually  raising interest rates, analysts say.
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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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Wall Street pulled back yet again after a Federal Reserve official suggested that rising inflation could prevent the central bank from making further interest rate cuts.
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A "whiff" of stagflation will  linger about the U.S. economy through next year as growth slows  and inflation holds at a level higher than the Federal Reserve  would like, according to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast  report.