Rate Hike Seen as Federal Reserve Meets
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The Federal Open Market Committee,  the rate-setting panel for the U.S. Federal Reserve, began its  deliberations Wednesday with a rate hike widely expected.
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Federal Reserve officials have acknowledged the need in coming months for a &quot;significant&quot; amount of rate hikes, according to a summary of an August 10 policymaking meeting released on Thursday.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to  nod to signs of easing inflation when policy-makers meet next  week, but with signs U.S. economic growth is reviving,  inflation looks set to remain its main concern.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers  started a two-day meeting on Tuesday that was widely expected  to conclude with a decision to hold rates steady along with a  renewed warning about inflation risks.
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THE US Federal Reserve is set to press ahead this week with a further rise in American interest rates, with markets on alert for a signal of the pace and timing of future increases.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials are  expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, but they  are also seen renewing an inflation warning even while taking  stock of cooler economic growth.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers meeting for a second day on Thursday look set to hold borrowing costs steady as they monitor risks that U.S. inflation could rekindle and that economic growth may stall.
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The Federal Open Market Committee, the rate-setting panel for the US Federal Reserve, began its deliberations Wednesday with a rate hike widely expected.
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With a fall in oil prices easing inflation concerns, the Federal Reserve is expected to continue its easy-does-it approach to raising interest rates, boosting a key rate by a moderate quarter-point at its final meeting of the year Tuesday.
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Fed watchers are set to take over on  Wall Street next week as a Federal Open Market Committee  meeting could give stock investors more clues on the outlook  for interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates for a third time in three months Tuesday when policy-makers hold their final planned meeting before the November election.
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U.S. Federal Reserve officials are   expected to hold interest rates steady on Wednesday, but they   are also seen renewing an inflation warning even while taking   stock of cooler economic growth.
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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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U.S. Federal Reserve officials  gathered on Tuesday for their final policy meeting of the year  and were widely expected to nudge interest rates up to stay  ahead of inflation amid a steady economic expansion.
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TORONTO (CP) - The next meeting of the US Federal Reserve will dominate markets early in the week as investors look for clues about economic strength and the pace of interest rate hikes.
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The dollar made slight gains on Monday as traders prepared for a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting this week, where a rate rise is widely expected and the market will be looking for signals on future policy intentions.
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Observers widely expect the U.S.  Federal Reserve to raise U.S. interest rates by a  quarter-percentage point at the conclusion of a two-day meeting  that opens on Tuesday as the U.S. economy is growing steadily.