Fed Raises Rates for Sixth Time
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on  Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time,  extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to  levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.
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The Federal Reserve yesterday raised its key interest rate for the fifth time since June, signaling that it expects the economy to grow moderately and interest rates to rise gradually in the new year.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers boosted interest rates for a third time this year, and economists believe there probably will be another increase before the year is over depending on how the economic expansion unfolds.
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The American central bank, the Federal Reserve, Tuesday raised short-term interest rates for the fifth time in six months. Even with the quarter point increase short-term rates are a still-very-low 2.25 percent.
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America&#39;s central bank, the Federal Reserve, last night raised interest rates for the fourth time in six months and warned US consumers and businesses to expect further increases in the cost of borrowing over the coming months.
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Bank of England raises interest rates by a quarter point to 5.75%, their highest level for six-and-a-half years.
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WELLINGTON New Zealand&#39;s central bank raised the benchmark interest rate by a quarter point on Thursday, to 6.5 percent, and said the sixth increase this year may be the last as economic growth slows.
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The Federal Reserve yesterday raised its key interest rate to the highest level in three years, suggesting more increases will follow as the economy gains strength.
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The Fed raised short-term interest rates another notch today, and it suggested that it will keep raising them gradually over the next year.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers  met for a second day on Wednesday and were expected to announce  a sixth straight interest-rate rise aimed at sheltering an  economic expansion from inflation.
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NEW YORK, September 20  - The US Federal Reserve is expected to raise the interest rates and announce its plans for further rate hikes tomorrow.
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US Federal Reserve chiefs boosted short-term interest rates for the fifth time in a row, promising further tightening in 2005 to head off inflation.
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The Federal Reserve has hiked benchmark interest rates by one-quarter of one percent for the fifth time this year. At the final scheduled meeting of the year the Federal Open Market Committee boosted the federal funds rate to 2.25 percent.
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The European Central Bank on Wednesday raised borrowing costs to their highest level in nearly six years, pointing to a humming economy that raised the risk of higher inflation.
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For the third time in as many meetings, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate by a quarter of a point, which experts say sends a message the economy is moving in the right direction at the right speed.
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The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates on Tuesday for the fifth time this year and suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead.
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THE US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the third time this year in spite of a renewed surge in oil prices. The widely expected move took the funds rate up a quarter-point to 1.75 per cent, following similar moves in August and June.