Fed seeks more transparency in deliberations: report
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The Federal Reserve is considering several steps to make its deliberations more transparent, but are likely to delay a decision on one of Chairman Ben Bernanke's goals: an explicit inflation target, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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Federal Reserve officials believed the outlook for core inflation had improved, but were uncertain inflation was firmly on a downward path, according to minutes of their January 30-31 policy meeting released on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers suggested that &quot;significant&quot; increases in short-term interest rates probably would be needed to keep inflation from becoming a problem, according to minutes released Thursday of their August meeting.
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The Federal Reserve acknowledged at its last regular meeting that a policy response might be necessary if financial market conditions worsened, minutes of its August 7 meeting, released on Tuesday, show.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded at its policy-setting session last month that risks of inflation remained balanced for now but they were clearly concerned about the potential for higher prices, meeting minutes issued on Tuesday showed.
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Federal Reserve chief offers insights into conditions strained by housing and credit crises.
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The U.S. economy is in troubled waters and the Federal Reserve needs to be ready to step in with a helping hand, a top official at the central bank said on Monday.
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In a sign of possible discord in the jury room, the judge in Scott Peterson's murder case lectured the panel Monday about the importance of deliberating with an open mind.
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange  Commission on Tuesday proposed that stock markets disclose more  information about their operations, including executive pay and  regulatory programs.
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Federal Reserve policy makers at their Sept. 21 meeting considered the case for pausing a series of &quot;measured&quot; rate increases this year if economic data weaken, minutes of the gathering show.
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy yesterday said he would press US pension plans to disclose proxy votes on the stocks they hold -- as mutual funds must now do -- in response to a government report calling for greater transparency in pensions affecting 100 million workers and $4 trillion of assets.
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The Federal Reserve Chairman Friday urged the federal government to reduce its budget deficit and to encourage greater personal saving.
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The Federal Reserve is close to agreeing changes in its communication strategy, including quarterly publication of internal forecasts, but it will not adopt an inflation target any time soon, Fed sources said on Friday.
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Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board who heads a panel investigating charges of corruption in the United Nations&#39; oil-for-food program in Iraq, says that his inquiry is encountering some resistance and slow sharing of information
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The Securities and Exchange  Commission aims to increase the transparency of Wall Street's  disclosures and has more than 3 dozen investigations underway  amid the fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis, Chairman  Christopher Cox said on Thursday.
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The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday a public hearing on potential new rules to curb abusive home mortgage lending practices would cover prepayment penalties, low documentation loans and consideration of borrowers' repayment abilities.
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Federal Reserve Bank officials said on Monday financial turmoil has increased risks facing the U.S. economy, but comments by others suggested there was still debate about how quickly the central bank would need to act.