US Central Bank Hikes Interest Rates Again
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The US central bank raised a key interest rate one-quarter of a percent (to 2.25) Tuesday in a bid to fend off future inflation. It is the fifth time since June that Federal Reserve officials have
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The Federal Reserve has said interest rates may rise again - despite deciding to halt them earlier this month.
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The Federal Reserve raised U.S.  interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the  fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting  them from rock-bottom levels as the economy grows.
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: Federal Reserve officials are set to jack up interest rates on Tuesday for a fifth time this year, confident the US expansion is self-supporting and no longer in need of rock-bottom borrowing costs for a boost.
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The American central bank, the Federal Reserve, Tuesday raised short-term interest rates for the fifth time in six months. Even with the quarter point increase short-term rates are a still-very-low 2.25 percent.
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The Federal Reserve raised US interest rates Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels to forestall inflation.
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The Federal Reserve raised US interest rates on December 14, 2004 by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels as the economy grows.
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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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Short-term interest-rate futures contracts traded at the Chicago Board of Trade now reflect increased odds the central bank will raise US interest rates at each of its next few meetings, including on Nov. 10 and at the final meeting of the year on Dec.
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As the Federal Reserve moves to raise short-term interest rates once again, flags are being raised about the impact on housing prices.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  raised interest rates for the third time this year by a quarter  of a percentage point and said the economy was regaining some  momentum, signaling at least one more to come.
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Federal Reserve officials are set to jack up interest rates on Tuesday for a fifth time this year, confident the U.S. expansion is self-supporting and no longer in need of rock-bottom borrowing costs for a boost.
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Federal Reserve policymakers raised interest rates Tuesday for the fifth time this year and suggested they will continue their gradual rate-rising campaign in 2005.
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Federal Reserve officials are set to jack up interest rates tonight for a fifth time this year, confident the US expansion is self-supporting and no longer in need of rock-bottom borrowing costs for a boost.
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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 Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels to forestall inflation.
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The Federal Reserve has raised US interest rates by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels as the economy grows.