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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Despite a report showing inflation in check, a worsening housing slump and a mixed economic outlook could put the Fed in a tight spot as it considers its next steps.
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The Federal Reserve's move to slash interest rates by a half-percentage point signals that Chairman Ben Bernanke, fearing broad damage from recent market turmoil, preferred to risk doing too much rather than too little, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns in his memoir that if the Fed is to keep the inflation rate between 1 and 2 percent in coming years it could be required to force interest rates much higher, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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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.
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WASHINGTON : With little doubt about the Federal Reserve&#39;s plans for a quarter-point rate hike, financial markets were focusing on another question: When will the Fed stop?
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The Federal Reserve is considering several steps to make its deliberations more transparent, but are likely to delay a decision on one of Chairman Ben Bernanke's goals: an explicit inflation target, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Standard & Poor's 500 stock index futures dipped on Thursday after government data showed first-quarter core personal consumption spending, an inflation gauge favored by the Federal Reserve, was revised higher.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke  said on Thursday U.S. inflation developments &quot;bear watching,&quot;  but the pass-through from lofty energy costs to other prices  had been &quot;relatively low.&quot;
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Wall Street opinion is split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates at its meeting Tuesday, with conventional wisdom siding with a rate hike.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns in his memoir that if the Fed is to keep the inflation rate between 1 and 2 percent in coming years it could be required to force interest rates into double digits, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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Wall Street's stocks are set for a flat   start to Thursday trade as investors sit tight ahead of key   inflation data and a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben   Bernanke.
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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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The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee took aim Thursday at the Federal Reserve's belief that inflation rather than slow growth poses the greatest risk to the economy.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers suggested that &quot;significant&quot; increases in short-term interest rates probably would be needed to keep inflation from becoming a problem, according
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U.S. stocks were little changed on   Monday, paring earlier losses after a Federal Reserve official   said the U.S. central bank could do a better job of explaining   its policy aims.
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Keeping inflation under control as the economy emerges from a yearlong sluggish spell is certain to be a matter of lively debate for Federal Reserve policymakers.