Update 18: Economists Predict Another Rate Increase
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Federal Reserve policy-makers encouraged by the economy&#39;s performance may bump up interest rates again in December - a fifth time this year - and will continue to tighten credit in 2005, economists predict.
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Decision time is nearing for the next rate increase by the Postal Service.
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A further interest rate rise could be due after data shows UK GDP grew strongly in the second quarter.
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Hopes of a cut in interest rates were raised today, following the publication of the Bank of England&#39;s Monetary Policy Committee minutes.
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Short-term interest-rate futures contracts traded at the Chicago Board of Trade now reflect increased odds the central bank will raise US interest rates at each of its next few meetings, including on Nov. 10 and at the final meeting of the year on Dec.
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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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The Federal Reserve is expected to nudge interest rates up today for a fourth time this year, acting on the belief that the economy has finally emerged from an extended &#39;&#39;soft patch.
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The pound has firmed on talk that the Bank of England could spring another surprise interest rate rise on the market on Thursday, although the consensus view remains that the next move is most likely to be in November.
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EYES ON THE FED The main news of the week will be the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at which the central bankers are widely expected to keep interest rates steady (Wednesday). Last weekÂs news that the Consumer Price Index had risen 0.2 percent in August, down from 0.4 percent in July, looked to some economists like validation that inflation was slowing, a trend that would not tempt the Fed to raise rates. But the Producer Price Index for August also comes out this week, helping to inform any decision (Tuesday). Other reports this week will include the second-quarter current-account deficit (Monday), August housing starts (Tuesday) and leading economic indicators (Thursday).
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The US economy appears to be gaining momentum and with it the risk of higher inflation, a survey of economists by the Wall Street Journal showed Monday.
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(160 sec.) Opposing market trends are creating a question mark about whether or not the Fed will raise rates September 18, 2007.
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Another Fed meeting looms with another quarter-point interest rate hike virtually assured. It may seem strange that the Fed continues to raise interest rates on the heels of a summer-long economic soft patch.
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OTTAWA - Interest rates are up and are likely going higher but don&#39;t lock in that variable-rate mortgage, experts advised Tuesday after the Bank of Canada raised interest rates a further quarter-point.
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Business & money: Analysts believe Bank of England still likely to raise interest rates higher in the coming months.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve will take  another small step this week toward raising interest rates to  more normal levels, but may be getting rates up to a point that  allows for a pause in increasing them, analysts say.
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JACKSON, Wyo. - The job market may be in a funk and oil prices may be in the stratosphere, but interest rates probably will climb again in September because the Federal Reserve is confident the economy's "soft patch" is temporary...
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Mortgage rates climbed for the second consecutive week on news that the economy may soon be improving, according to surveys conducted by mortgage buyer Freddie Mac and Bankrate.