The Neutral Fed Funds Rate
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â¢ The level at which the Federal Reserve&#39;s federal funds rate, the overnight rate charged between banks, neither stimulates nor slows economic growth.
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At first glance, July&#39;s muted price data seems to undercut inflation fighters&#39; rate-hike strategy. But the softness isn&#39;t likely to stay ...
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The Federal Reserve&#39;s policy year was fittingly capped on Dec. 14 with another quarter-point rate hike. This widely expected move by the Federal Open Market Committee, the Fed&#39;s rate-setting arm, lifted the Fed funds rate to 2.25%.
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NEW YORK -- Wall Street opinion is split on whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates tomorrow, with conventional wisdom siding with a rate increase. But either way, the decision probably won't have as much impact on what happens to stock prices this week as will news of corporate earnings surprises.
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By Tim Ahmann WASHINGTON  - 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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No oneâs willing to hazard a guess on interest rates. But all eyes are now on Tuesdayâs mid-term review. Can any banker, bond market trader, corporate treasurer, or economist worth his salt second-guess
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Ieri la decisione della Fed di lasciare i tassi invariati
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is expected to leave interest rates unchanged today for a second straight month, and many analysts think there won't be any more rate increases this year.
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Wall Street's wait is up: the Federal Reserve meets this week to decide what to do about interest rates.
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Investors assume that the central bank will reduce the overnight federal funds rate by at least a quarter of a percentage point, to 5 percent. But many market analysts say that will not be enough to restore confidence.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely next week to raise its target federal funds rate to 1.75 percent from 1.5 percent, nearing the end of the first stage of what appears to be a two-stage plan to return rates to "normal" levels, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.
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Following is the text of a statement released by the Federal Reserve yesterday after the Fedâs monetary policy panel, the Federal Open Market Committee, decided to leave interest rates unchanged.
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Sure the currency is tumbling, but don&#39;t expect the FOMC to do much out of the ordinary today. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - It&#39;s pretty clear that another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve today will not be much of a headline maker.
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WASHINGTON: New data yesterday showed US inflation in check, with consumer prices up a modest 0.1 per cent in August, giving the Federal Reserve room go slow on boosting interest rates.
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Stocks opened little changed on Wednesday on caution before the results of the Federal Reserve's $20 billion money-market stabilization effort. The results of the Fed's auction on Monday will be announced shortly.
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WASHINGTON : With little doubt about the Federal Reserve&#39;s plans for a quarter-point rate hike, financial markets were focusing on another question: When will the Fed stop?
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The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady Wednesday and acknowledged that the economy is slowing down, which could mean the Fed may not need to raise rates further in the near future.