Oil Unlikely to Knock Fed Off Rate Plan
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The U.S. economy may lose a step to record high oil prices but concerns over inflation are likely to keep the Federal Reserve on a steady course of gradually raising interest rates, analysts say.
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A recovery in the world's largest economy is likely to continue, despite oil prices surging to record levels, US Federal Reserve officials say.
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THE sharemarket should take heart from US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan&#39;s comment that sky-high oil prices won&#39;t harm the US economy - as long as they don&#39;t go any higher.
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Near-record oil prices will slow U.S. economic growth but won't be enough to derail a self-sustaining expansion, U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Monday.
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CODY, Wyoming  - Cody is a long way from the marble hallways of the Federal Reserve in Washington, but its fortunes will not be ignored when policy-makers meet to debate interest rates later this month.
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Now that oil prices are well into their descent, some analysts think it even more likely that the Fed will keep its foot off the brakes on Wednesday.
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Oil held steady below $91 on Tuesday, supported by hopes of a fresh cut in U.S. interest rates due to its fragile economy, coupled with forecasts for a draw in American distillate stocks and OPEC to maintain output levels.
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Economists do not think the Fed cut will spread to the eurozone.
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MARQUETTE, MICH  - Both the Federal Reserve and  financial markets may have underestimated the long-term effects  of higher oil prices, a top central bank official said on  Friday.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.  - High oil prices will probably  brake U.S. growth but will not derail the economy provided  there is not another sharp spike upwards, a top Federal Reserve  policymaker said on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is not  rushing to cut benchmark interest rates because it wants to  break investors of the view that the central bank is there to  bail them out, an article in the Wall Street Journal said on  Thursday.
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Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan  will hog the limelight in financial markets this week as  investors seek clues on how quickly U.S. interest rates will  rise as soaring oil prices start to affect economic activity.
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Inflation rates in Europe are unlikely to fall below the European Central Bank&#39;s 2 percent target for the rest of the year because of high oil prices, ECB board member Ottmar Issing said Sunday.
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U.S. shares are expected to rise again on   Monday, underpinned by hopes that the Federal Reserve will keep   interest rates unchanged at its policy-setting meeting on   Wednesday, and as oil prices stayed below $64 a barrel.
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A rebound of core producer prices in  June despite a temporary reduction of energy costs according to  a Labor Department report on Tuesday reinforced investors  expectations for the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates  unchanged to guard against inflation.
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High oil prices will probably brake U.S. growth but will not derail the economy provided they do not rise sharply from current levels, top Federal Reserve policymakers said on Tuesday.
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HOUSTON, Sept. 24 -- Oil futures prices continued to climb Thursday as traders shrugged off a decision by the US Department of Energy to loan two refiners a relatively small amount of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.