Fed's Plosser says more tightening may be needed
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Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser on Wednesday said that more policy tightening may be needed to keep price rises in check as the economy resumes growth.
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Ben S. Bernanke said that the central bank âstands ready to take additional actions as neededâ to limit the effect of the financial market disorder on the economy.
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Transcript of last Fed meeting show bankers acknowledging that they might have to change .
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RICHMOND, Virginia  - Weaker U.S. growth means more interest rate cuts are "quite possible" but policy-makers cannot ignore inflation, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday, reinforcing hopes of another easing later this month.
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Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said on Tuesday that providing more information about the central bank's policy goals could help keep inflation expectations in check and give policy-makers greater leeway to buffer the economy from shocks.
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U.S. inflation pressures have  stabilized but are still too high and may warrant further  interest rate hikes to bring them back down, Dallas Federal  Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Tuesday.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday that current U.S. interest rate policy should promote a gradual drop in inflation, but the recent rapid deceleration in price pressures could be hard to sustain.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers believed at their September meeting that more interest rate increases would be needed to make sure inflation remained under control, but they said future moves should be tied closely to the economy's overall performance, according to the minutes of their discussions.
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Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Friday that although inflation may have "turned the corner," he would like to see it well below 2 percent.
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The OECD called on Tuesday for the  Federal Reserve to tighten interest rates a bit more as it  projected U.S. economic expansion was set to stay solid this  year before easing slightly in 2007.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve remains worried inflation is too high, but is also watching to see how much a "substantial correction" in housing markets will slow economic growth, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday.
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Risks of a recession have increased,  but the Federal Reserve must be cautious in supporting the  economy because global forces that have kept inflation in check  are receding, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on  Monday.
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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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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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Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said on Tuesday a central bank committed to keeping inflation low was good monetary policy and that keeping expectations intact helped policy-makers respond effectively to shocks.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers suggested at their December meeting that they would continue to push short-term interest rates higher to blunt the risk of an inflation flare-up, according to minutes of the Fed's meeting released on Tuesday.
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The weak U.S. housing sector warrants  close attention to assess the economic outlook as well as its  recent disruptive effects on financial markets, Philadelphia  Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Plosser said on  Saturday.