Productivity Data Supports The Fed
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Q4 report, while less than stellar, indicates inflation is not as much of a threat as it appeared.
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The Federal Reserve will keep lifting U.S. interest rates to less stimulative levels but will focus increasingly on economic data as they make their decisions, a raft of Fed officials suggested on Tuesday.
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Top Federal Reserve policy-makers  generally agreed on Thursday that U.S. economy was growing  nicely despite weak job growth and spiraling trade gaps.
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America's productivity probably will keep growing solidly for some time to come, an important force in bolstering living standards, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday.
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U.S. industrial output growth nearly  stalled last month as production cuts at mines and utilities  nearly swamped a solid performance in factories, a report from  the Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday.
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U.S. industrial production rose 0.1 percent in January as expected and manufacturing output was unchanged, while manufacturing capacity utilization was at its lowest in almost a year, a Federal Reserve report showed on Friday.
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U.S. industrial output growth nearly stalled last month as production cuts at mines and utilities nearly swamped a solid performance in factories, a report from the Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday.
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KENOSHA, Wisconsin  - Federal Reserve policy-makers on Friday said inflation remained a risk to the U.S. economy, even as data showing factory activity falling for the first time in 3-1/2 years indicated growth was slowing.
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How the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles data on pharmaceutical prices.
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If there is a good rule of thumb about the Federal Reserve, it is this: A startling economic report is not enough to sway policy. When the Labor Department reported
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The pace of U.S. economic activity continued to pick up in most of the country in late November through early January, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
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The US economy is following the Federal Reserve script for an orderly slowdown, with inflation cooling enough to allow the central bank to keep rates steady for a second consecutive session, analysts say.
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U.S. industrial output growth nearly  stalled last month as production cuts at mines and utilities  nearly swamped a strong performance at factories, a report from  the Federal Reserve showed on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Worker productivity rebounded, growing at the fastest pace in nearly two years, while wage pressures eased sharply in the spring _ developments that should reduce inflation worries.
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Industrial production rose as expected and manufacturing output was unchanged while manufacturing capacity utilization was at its lowest in almost a year, a Federal Reserve report showed.
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Economic data released Wednesday vindicates decision to cut interest rates.
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In September 1996, Alan Greenspan was fixated on a statistic neglected by most economic forecasters. It was service-sector worker productivity, a measure of how much an employee could produce in an hour.