US rates won&#39;t hit home
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THE decision by the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates for the third month in a row would have little effect on the Reserve Bank of Australia&#39;s deliberations on monetary policy, economists said yesterday.
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A fourth interest rate hike may be a foregone conclusion Wednesday but the Federal Reserve&#39;s next move in December is far from certain, and analysts say it&#39;s likely to remain that way for a while.
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IF the US Federal Reserve is raising interest rates yet again, then the US economy can&#39;t be on the verge of falling back into recession after all, right?
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Policy-makers assured nervous investors on Friday that the United States was not heading into recession and recent stock market losses did not warrant central bank intervention.
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The US Federal Reserve keeps its main interest rate at 5.25%
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Fixed-rate mortgage rates have behaved very well, still close to 5.75 percent in the face of oil falling below $50/bbl, stocks in an up-side technical breakout, improving economic data, and the Fed showing every sign of continuing to raise its rate.
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The central bankâs decision to raise the benchmark overnight borrowing rate isnât expected to interrupt the flow of cheap yen into global markets.
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The dollar moved in tight ranges on Wednesday as most investors shrugged off lower-than-expected U.S. inflation data and stuck to the view the U.S. Federal Reserve would continue raising rates.
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Policy-makers assured nervous investors on Friday that the United States was not heading into recession and stock market losses did not warrant central bank intervention.
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WELLINGTON (Dow Jones)--New Zealand&#39;s central bank is unlikely to alter its neutral monetary policy stance, and almost certainly won&#39;t hike interest rates
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Don't fall for overly high yields.
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&quot;It&#39;s surprising that the bank still expects to have to raise rates, given the significant rise in the Australian dollar since August.
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Rates on 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages in the United States averaged 5.72 percent this week, down slightly from 5.74 percent last week, Freddie Mac reported Wednesday.
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Mortgage rates inched up last week, but they remained well below the year-high levels set during the spring. Freddie Mac, in its weekly survey released Thursday, reported that rates on 30-year
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WALL STREETâs leading institutions expect the US Federal Reserve to raise American interest rates tomorrow, despite anxiety over the global outlook for 2005.
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US Federal Reserve policy-makers probably will keep nudging interest rates upward next year, trying to guard against inflation but moving moderately enough to keep the economy expanding.
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US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Tuesday that he did not foresee big price distortions developing in home prices and said Americans were handling their debts well.