Federal Reserve opens meeting, tipped to raise rates
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WASHINGTON  - US Federal Reserve policymakers met, poised to raise key interest rates to remove some of the cheap-money stimulus washing through the economy.
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point on Tuesday as widely expected, saying growth &quot;appears to have regained some traction.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers were expected to raise U.S. interest rates on Tuesday for a third time this year, continuing to lift borrowing costs from rock-bottom levels despite some signs of economic softness.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policymakers are widely expected to raise interest rates to their highest level in three years when they meet Wednesday.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers resumed a two-day meeting on Thursday that looked certain to end with a decision to hold borrowing costs steady and a likely restatement of concerns over inflation.
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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 pushed U.S. interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point on Tuesday and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers  gathered on Tuesday, with the expectation they will lift U.S.  interest rates for a third time this year despite lingering  signs of economic stress.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers suggested at their December meeting that they would continue to push short-term interest rates higher to blunt the risk of an inflation flare-up, according to minutes of the Fed's meeting released on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON: Another small hike in US interest rates is seen as a certainty when Federal Reserve policy-makers meet on Wednesday - a step on the march toward a level of rates necessary to underpin long-term expansion.
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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.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers   started a meeting on Wednesday at which markets expect them to   hold interest rates steady, while renewing inflation warnings   and delivering an assessment of cooler economic growth.
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The Federal Reserve is likely to make one of three moves on interest rates.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers  were unsure how much more they would need to raise interest  rates, if at all, after a May 10 meeting, according to minutes  of that gathering released on Wednesday.
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Wall Street advanced sharply Tuesday, as the Federal Reserve opened a two-day meeting at which it is expected to cut interest rates again to revitalize the economy.
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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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Federal Reserve policy-makers  believed that, while worried about inflation, keeping interest  rates steady would enable them to gather more data before  deciding on any future rate rises, minutes of their August  meeting released on Tuesday showed.