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 Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark 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 Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with further interest rate reductions
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A long period of stasis in Federal  Reserve monetary policy looks certain to end on Tuesday with a  U.S. interest-rate cut, leaving the question of how much  further rates may drop and how fast.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
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The best bet is a quarter-point cut in the fed funds rate, but will that turn investor psychology for long?
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The Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with further interest rate reductions, although analysts are split on just what size the future cuts will be.
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Aggressive moves to cut interest rates by America's central bank are intended to stave off a financial meltdown.
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Confronting panic about a possible recession, the Federal Reserve announced the biggest one-day reduction of interest rates on record.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to chart a new course on Tuesday and cut benchmark interest rates for the first time since mid-2003 to protect the economy from a housing downturn and jittery credit markets.
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The Federal Reserve is likely to make one of three moves on interest rates.
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The Federal Reserve cut U.S. interest rates by a hefty half-percentage point on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to halt a sharp slowdown in an economy hit by a housing slump and a credit crunch.
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After a jump in Treasury yields fueled a long-anticipated stock retreat last week, Wall Street will be watching upcoming inflation data to see if its interest rate jitters were justified.
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For the first time in more than four years, the Federal Reserve appears ready to lower interest rates to prevent a housing meltdown and a painful credit crunch from driving the economy into a recession.
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Investors assume that the central bank will reduce the overnight federal funds rate by at least a quarter of a percentage point, to 5 percent. But many market analysts say that will not be enough to restore confidence.
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Federal Reserve policymakers sit down  on Tuesday for what might be one of their most difficult  interest rate decisions in years.