Economists Back Fed View on Soft Patch
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JACKSON HOLE, Wyo.  - Lofty oil prices may make  the road ahead a little steeper, but the economy is on track to  emerge from a recent soft patch intact, private-sector  economists at a weekend retreat agreed.
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The U.S. economy can weather a  slowdown in the housing sector as rising incomes and business  investment offer support, Federal Reserve officials said on  Wednesday as they pointed to inflation risks.
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The U.S. economy will linger  through a "soft patch" for the foreseeable future and a  pullback in consumer spending could trigger a recession within  the next two years, according to a widely watched forecast  issued on Wednesday.
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U.S. economic growth should rebound in the course of 2007 after hitting a soft patch in the first quarter and the main threat to the economy is inflation, a top Federal Reserve official said on Friday.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is not rushing to cut benchmark interest rates because it wants to break investors of the view that the central bank is there to bail them out, an article in the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - Consumer prices barely budged last month, suggesting that inflation isn&#39;t currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policymakers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.
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Companies showed signs of shrugging off the caution that has enveloped the world economy since a credit crisis broke, as investors looked on Tuesday to U.S. data to gauge the likelihood of a Federal Reserve rate cut.
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Federal Reserve Board Governor  Susan Schmidt Bies on Monday said the latest batch of U.S.  economic figures showed the economy has gotten past its  mid-year soft patch.
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The Federal Reserve may be fairly confident the economy&#39;s soft patch is fading away, but the bond market is stubbornly betting the central bank is off the mark.
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Government bonds rose across the US and Europe on Friday as a weaker than expected report on US employment capped a week in which the Federal Reserve upgraded its assessment of the outlook for the US economy, while seeming to downplay inflation fears.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is not  rushing to cut benchmark interest rates because it wants to  break investors of the view that the central bank is there to  bail them out, an article in the Wall Street Journal said on  Thursday.
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Public views of the national economy are now more negative than at any point in nearly 15 years, and few people believe that the kind of stimulus plan being devised by President Bush and Congress is enough to stave off or soften a recession, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Recent action by the Federal Reserve is likely to calm troubled  U.S. markets, but inflation remains a worry, a top U.S. central bank official said on Friday.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to nod to signs of easing inflation when policy-makers meet next week, but with signs U.S. economic growth is reviving, inflation looks set to remain its main concern.
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There is a broad consensus among economists that the US central bank will continue its gentle approach to raising interest rates with a moderate 0.25pc rise to 2.25pc when it convenes for its final meeting of the year.
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The U.S. economy is on track after a weak stretch and an uptick in consumer prices seems to have passed, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert McTeer said on Tuesday.
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US Treasury note investors became more bearish last week on speculation a government report will show November employment improved enough to keep the Federal Reserve from slowing the pace of interest rate increases.