US rates in fifth rise
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THE US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the fifth time since June and signalled it was likely to keep pushing them higher at a &quot;measured&quot; pace in the new year.
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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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New Zealand&#39;s dollar rose and bonds fell after the central bank raised the nation&#39;s benchmark interest rate for a fifth time and signaled it may boost rates again to curb inflation.
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Federal Reserve officials are expected to nudge interest rates up on Tuesday for a fifth time this year, another small step in a campaign to gradually lift borrowing costs before inflation rears its head.
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Mortgage rates in the US increase, and short-term rates rise overseas.
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The US Federal Reserve keeps its main interest rate at 5.25%
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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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Treasury debt prices rose on Wednesday  on short covering, but benchmark yields stayed near five-year  highs as strong economic data raised the prospect that the  Federal Reserve may increase interest rates.
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US interest rates are expected to rise by a quarter percentage point to 2.25% following a US Federal Reserve meeting later on Tuesday.
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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.
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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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Washington - Casting aside fears about weak job creation and tepid holiday sales, the US appeared set to raise interest rates tomorrow for the fifth consecutive time.
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US consumer prices rose by 0.2% last month, a US government report showed this afternoon, but the core inflation rate rose at its fastest pace in five months.
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The US Federal Reserve holds interest rates at 5.25% as evidence grows of a slowing economy.
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The Bank of England raises UK interest rates to 5.75% as it tries to bring inflation under control.
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US producer prices climbed an unexpectedly steep 0.5 percent last month as energy costs mounted, according to a government report on Friday that buttressed the case for interest-rate rises to keep inflation at bay.
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The US Federal Reserve is expected to hold interest rates at 5.25% as evidence grows of a slowing economy.