Long-Term Rate Plunge May Soften Fed Tightening
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What the US Federal Reserve is taking away from the economy via higher interest rates, the US Treasury bond market may be giving back -- at least partially.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a half-percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.
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U.S. inflation appears to have   decelerated since the last Federal Reserve meeting, convincing   investors the central bank will opt to keep rates steady again   on Wednesday.
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The US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates from 4.75% to 4.5% to help kickstart housing and credit markets.
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What the U.S. Federal Reserve is taking away from the economy via higher interest rates, the U.S. Treasury bond market may be giving back -- at least partially.
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The pick-up in prices will complicate efforts by the Fed as it tries to stave off a slowdown in economic growth.
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A surprise drop in a regional factory   activity report on Thursday suggested that the U.S. economy may   be losing momentum faster than most economists anticipated,   stunning financial markets with the view that the Federal   Reserve may soon have to cut interest rates to avoid a   downturn.
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Responding to a worldwide stock sell-off and fears about a U.S. recession, the Federal Reserve slashed its benchmark interest rate before the opening of the U.S. markets.
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Business & money: Â· Dollar at 15-year low and stock markets plunge Â· Federal Reserve expected to cut interest rates
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All the rate suspense has gone in the last few meetings of the US Federal Reserve&#39;s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC), which sets the Fed Funds and discount rates.
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What&#39;s up with the bond market? As the Federal Reserve has steadily increased short-term interest rates over the past few months, investors in the bond-trading pits have pushed long-term yields down.
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Betting on banks and movie theaters could be a good move if the Federal Reserve lowers a key interest rate at today's meeting.
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Recession worries pushed stocks lower on Tuesday, but the decline was shallower than feared at first as an emergency interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve helped ease investor fears and stabilize global markets.
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Federal Reserve officials worried at their May meeting that inflation could exact a toll on the economy and saw risks of a sharp economic slowdown receding, suggesting interest rates will stay on hold for now.
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Prospects for a huge downgrade of subprime-related debt have boosted chances that the Federal Reserve will need to prop up the U.S. economy with a rate cut some time in the next year.
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Central bank chops rates, but stocks slide anyway.
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Aggressive moves to cut interest rates by America's central bank are intended to stave off a financial meltdown.