Fed Raises Rates as Expected to 1.75 Pct
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  raised interest rates for the third time this year by a quarter  of a percentage point and said the economy was regaining some  momentum after a slow period.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  raised interest rates for the third time this year by a quarter  of a percentage point and said the economy was regaining  momentum, signaling at least one more to come.
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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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By Andrew Balls in Washington and Jennifer Hughes in New York. The Federal Reserve on Tuesday raised interest rates by a quarter point, to 2.25 per cent, and signalled there had been no change in its assessment of current economic conditions.
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The Federal Reserve, encouraged by the economy's performance, boosted a key short-term interest rate by one-quarter percentage point Tuesday, the fifth increase this year.
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: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday nudged US interest rates up a quarter percentage point for the fourth time this year, citing healthier job markets and indicating it will press on with a rate-rise campaign.
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The Reserve Bank has raised the Official Cash Rate by a further 25 basis points, to 6.5 percent. It&#39;s the sixth rate rise this year, and matches market anticipations.
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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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The Federal Reserve raised U.S. interest rates on Tuesday by a quarter-percentage point for the fifth time this year and said it will keep gradually lifting them from rock-bottom levels to forestall inflation.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to  lift interest rates again this week to 5.25 percent in its  seventeenth straight quarter percentage point hike and signal  that further increases may be needed to keep inflation at bay.
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Federal Reserve officials raised a key short-term interest rate Tuesday for the fifth time this year, and indicated they will gradually move rates higher next year to keep inflation under control as the economy expands.
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NEW YORK, September 21  - The US Federal Reserve raised the interest rates by a quarter percentage point today, in-line with the broad expectations.
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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 Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is tipped to put up interest rates to 5.75%.
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The Federal Reserve raised official interest rates last month for the third time this year despite a mixed economic outlook. The rate increase took the benchmark federal funds rate to 1.75 percent from 1.50 percent.
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WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve, as expected, boosted its key interest rate on Tuesday for the third time in three months as it tries to stay one step ahead of inflation by gradually raising rates from 42-year lows.
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The Federal Reserve lifted short-term interest rates a quarter-point on Tuesday, continuing its bet that the economy can keep growing steadily through the Fed&#39;s rate-hike campaign.