Fed holds rates steady, stays inflation-wary
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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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The U.S. Federal Reserve held benchmark interest rates steady at 5.25 percent on Wednesday for a fifth straight meeting, while maintaining a warning on the risk of inflation.
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More U.S. interest rate increases  lie ahead, but they would likely not need to be at a faster  pace because inflation is contained, Federal Reserve officials  said on Friday.
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The Federal Reserve on Thursday held benchmark U.S. interest rates steady and, while nodding to a recent easing in core inflation, restated that inflation is its top concern.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policy-makers saw a lessening of economic threats from the housing slump but continued to worry about inflation as they decided last month to leave existing interest rates intact.
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U.S. 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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Despite growing unease about inflation and slowing economic indicators, the European Central Bank and Bank of England kept their benchmark interest rates unchanged Thursday.
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The dollar held firm on Thursday on  expectations that the Federal Reserve would keep raising rates  at a measured pace, while rising oil prices undermined the yen.
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US Federal Reserve said Wednesday that rate hikes can continue at a &quot;measured pace&quot; as &quot;inflation and longer-term inflation expectations remain well contained&quot;.
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The Federal Reserve, while  remaining watchful as prices and interest rates tick higher, is  holding to its mantra that rate increases will be "measured,"  senior Fed officials indicated on Friday.
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The economic expansion has firmed, yet inflation remains tame, Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve chairman, said yesterday. That buttressed economists' views that the Fed for now will stick with its gradual approach to raising interest rates.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged today for a second straight month, and many analysts think there won't be any more rate increases this year.
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The European Central Bank held its main interest rate steady as expected on Thursday amid rising inflation and slowing economic growth.
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WASHINGTON - Consumer prices barely budged last month, suggesting that inflation isn&#39;t currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policymakers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 5.25 percent on Thursday and signaled that it would keep it at that level for some time.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on   Wednesday held its benchmark interest rate steady for a second   straight meeting, saying that while inflation risks remain,   they should abate as economic growth slows.
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Ben S. BernankeÂs remarks reaffirm the view that the Fed will keep the lending rate unchanged at 5.25 percent for the remainder of the year.