Rates Must Rise 'Over Time' -Fed's Yellen
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The United States is on course for sustained economic growth, with labor markets gradually firming and inflation likely to stay well contained, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Janet Yellen said on Friday.
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The Federal Reserve would raise interest rates if inflation moved higher, the Fedâs chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said on Thursday.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in an interview published on Monday the Fed would have to raise interest rates to double-digit levels in coming years to thwart inflation.
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WASHINGTON : US Federal Reserve policymakers, widely expected to hike interest rates, struggled to find words to reassure financial markets that the economy is strong enough to withstand the higher rates.
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If slowing US productivity growth is not accompanied by slimmer corporate profits, the Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates faster than is now expected, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker said on Monday.
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Current U.S. interest rate policy  should promote a further drop in inflation although risks are  still skewed toward higher prices, San Francisco Federal  Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday.
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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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US interest rates still need to rise to reach a level that would be consistent with a sustained, noninflationary economic expansion, Federal Reserve Board Governor Mark Olson said on Monday.
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The European Central Bank may need to raise interest rates if euro zone inflation plateaus rather than merely rises temporarily, ECB Governing Council member Yves Mersch was reported on Tuesday as saying.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised interest rates for a sixth straight time, extending a policy of gradually lifting borrowing costs to levels high enough to ward off inflation pressures.
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The Fed is tightening, but long-term rates aren't keeping up. Some worry that economic growth will slow.
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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policy-makers are expected to raise short-term interest rates for a third time this year, part of a gradual process to wean the economy from ultralow rates, which are no longer needed as a bracing tonic.    Although private economists have mixed opinions whether the economy still is working through its late-spring blues or has emerged, most believe the economy is in good enough shape for the Fed to boost rates again...
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Federal Reserve policy-makers are likely to keep bumping up short-term interest rates this year, a defense against an inflation flare-up now that the economic expansion is on firm footing.
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The raise in short-term interest rates suggested that the Federal Reserve will keep raising rates over the next year.
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The Federal Reserve may need to continue  raising interest rates depending upon how economic conditions  evolve in the United States, International Monetary Fund chief  Rodrigo Rato said on Monday.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve may need to  raise interest rates again to tame inflation and the ECB can  afford to hike euro zone rates further now that it has proof of  solid economic recovery, the OECD said on Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben  Bernanke said in a letter released on Thursday that  interest-rate policy must be forward looking and rely on the  central bank&#039;s view of how the economy is evolving.