Fed debates setting "soft" inflation target: WSJ
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Federal Reserve officials, who are debating whether to adopt an explicit target for inflation, have discussed whether an implicit, or "soft" target, might be preferable, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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A recent soft spot in US growth ought prove temporary and should not alter the Federal Reserve&#39;s plan to continue raising interest rates in a measured way, one of it&#39;s top policy-makers said on Wednesday.
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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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The US Federal Reserve continues to sees inflation as the "predominant concern" for the economy, minutes show.
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U.S. stocks extended declines on Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve's January rate-setting meeting showed policy-makers do not necessarily see core inflation moderating, adding to concerns spurred earlier by stronger-than-expected consumer prices data.
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Wall Street widely expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut short-term interest rates on Tuesday, which would be its first policy move since June 2006, when it raised rates to cap a two-year rate hike campaign.
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NEW YORK, June 5 -- Wall Street skidded lower Tuesday after comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and a strong reading on the service sector suggested that the central bank has little reason to lower interest rates.
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Battle lines are drawn at the Federal Reserve between those who favor formal inflation goals and those who don't, and the debate is heating up ahead of the coming retirement of Chairman Alan Greenspan.
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Stocks looked poised for a lower open on Tuesday after a Wall Street Journal article cast doubt on the chances of a Federal Reserve interest rate cut on Wednesday.
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Amid U.S. market volatility, some analysts say the European Central Bankâs focus on inflation may be misplaced.
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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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U.S. stocks rose on Friday after a inflation gauge watched by the Federal Reserve showed its lowest reading since March 2004, putting the Dow industrials on track to end the quarter on a strong note.
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WASHINGTON -- With the economy shifting into a slower gear and inflation apparently retreating, Federal Reserve officials are likely to pat themselves on the back for engineering a soft landing and leave interest rates alone.
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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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Short-term U.S. Treasury prices were  under pressure on Thursday on fears the Federal Reserve might  soon take a more aggressive stance against inflation.
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Prices on short-dated bonds fell Friday as the market again mulled over suggestions by the Federal Reserve that short-term interest rates may needed to be raised to head off inflation.
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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.