Fed Seen Nudging Rates Higher
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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 Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates on Tuesday for the fifth time this year and suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers  met on Wednesday amid universal expectation they will nudge  interest rates up for a fourth time this year and growing  speculation that they will carry on with rate hikes.
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The Federal Reserve is widely expect to raise the federal funds rate at its Sept. 21 policy meeting after a moderate increase in August payrolls.
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The US Federal Reserve is likely to increase the base interest rate for the fourth time in a year, according to analysts. Last Friday&#39;s employment report for October, which showed an unexpectedly large 337,000
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The Federal Reserve looked set to  lift U.S. interest rates on Thursday for a 17th straight time  and will likely hold the door open to pushing them even higher  in coming months to ward off inflation.
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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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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policymakers are widely expected to raise interest rates to their highest level in three years when they meet Wednesday.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on  Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time,  extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to  levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.
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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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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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WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve, wanting to keep inflation at bay, is expected to boost short-term interest rates today for the third time this year, a move that would come in the final stretch of the presidential campaign.
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WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve Board late yesterday boosted short-term interest rates for the fifth time in a row, warning of higher rates next year as it abandons easy money to head off inflation.
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While making the expected move, the Federal Reserve suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead.
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Labor costs have risen more robustly   this year than first thought, a government report showed on   Wednesday, raising concerns the Federal Reserve may need to   resume hiking interest rates to contain inflation.
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The Federal Reserve would raise interest rates if inflation moved higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday, warning that the economy might be stronger than it appears.
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The Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise the federal funds rate at its policy meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 21, despite recent mixed economic news.