Fed to Focus on Economic Data
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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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Investors are hoping this week brings some answers to the question of whether an improving U.S. economy unleashes inflationary forces, and one place to look will be in the June payrolls data.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials  approach a key meeting next week worried both about not raising  interest rates enough to avert inflation and doing more than is  needed at the expense of economic growth.
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Stock index futures pointed to a  slightly lower market open on Tuesday before comments from  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and data that should shed  light on the health of the vast services sector.
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Basic knowledge can help you comprehend releases of economic data.
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Stock investors may want to fasten  their seatbelts this week, when a flurry of earnings and  economic data will once again be in focus.
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This week, the Fed speaks, and the market will listen. After sifting through mixed corporate profit reports and uneven readings on the economy, Wall Street will find out the answer to the long-debated question of whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again.
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Federal Reserve policy makers at their Sept. 21 meeting considered the case for pausing a series of &quot;measured&quot; rate increases this year if economic data weaken, minutes of the gathering show.
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Key economic data from the United States this week may seal the case for the first cut in the federal funds rate in more than four years, which would help ease investor concerns about a fallout from the subprime crisis.
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U.S. stock futures were little changed   on Friday ahead of key inflation data which may shed light on   the outlook for growth and interest rates.
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NEW YORK - Investors will be looking ahead to the Federal Reserve&#39;s meeting and third-quarter earnings forecasts in Wall Street&#39;s short trading week after the Labor Day holiday.
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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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This week's data on investment bank earnings, the housing downturn and inflation will help investors decide how the economy and corporate America are faring as they head into the new year.
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Stock investors may want to fasten their seatbelts for the week ahead, when a flurry of  earnings and economic data will once again be in focus.
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Key economic data from the United  States this week may seal the case for the first cut in the  federal funds rate in more than four years, which would help  ease investor concerns about a fallout from the subprime  crisis.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to chart a new course on Tuesday and cut benchmark interest rates for the first time since mid-2003 to protect the economy from a housing downturn and jittery credit markets.
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The economy slowed last month and   inflation remained in check, according to data released on   Friday, providing further support for the Federal Reserve to   hold interest rates steady when it meets next week.