Fed seen cutting rates as housing slump weighs
59992
The 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.
455742
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to a weak U.S. economy faced with increasing turmoil in global financial markets.
117034
Individuals and businesses are likely to see their borrowing costs drop further as the Federal Reserve weighs another interest-rate reduction to bolster a sagging economy.
313863
Stocks fell Friday after accelerating inflation spurred concern that higher prices will curb consumer spending and give the Federal Reserve less leeway to cut interest rates.
249184
The Federal Reserve cut U.S.  interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as  part of an ongoing aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown  in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
729931
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.
114296
The OECD on Wednesday reduced its forecast for U.S. economic growth and recommended a rapid cut in interest rates to limit the fallout from a housing and mortgage market slump that has sparked global financial market turmoil.
305204
Wall Street may find itself on the  defensive next week if reports on housing and growth suggest  that the United States economy is headed for an acute slowdown  despite the Federal Reserve's pause in its two-year cycle of  interest-rate increases.
358840
WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policy-makers saw a lessening of economic threats from the housing slump but continued to worry about inflation as they decided last month to leave existing interest rates intact.
258847
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point, the biggest rate cut in more than 23 years, in an emergency bid to lend support to a U.S. economy some fear is on the verge of recession.
608613
WASHINGTON -- Individuals and businesses are likely to see their borrowing costs drop further as the Federal Reserve weighs another interest-rate reduction to bolster a sagging economy.
29418
Wall Street expects a two-day Federal Reserve meeting this week to end with another cut in interest rates as financial firms struggle with losses tied to subprime mortgages and related securities.
385535
The Bank of England policymakers will decide Thursday whether to reduce interest rates for the second month in a row, with recent economic data seen as reducing the chances of back-to-back cuts.
147197
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday  slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters  of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to a  weak U.S. economy faced with increasing turmoil in global  financial markets.
700869
Wall Street may put the brakes on a steep decline next week, when a rate cut is anticipated from the Fed, and Friday's monthly jobs data may trigger a comeback for stocks after their January funk.
519429
WASHINGTON - The message from Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues is clear: The housing slump will drag on well into next year as credit problems linger. What's not so apparent is how they'll deal with the crisis, although another interest rate cut could come this week.
665146
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  slashed U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a  percentage point, the biggest rate cut in more than 23 years,  in an emergency bid to lend support to a U.S. economy some fear  is on the verge of recession.