Fed seeks formula to reassure markets on higher rates
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WASHINGTON : US Federal Reserve policymakers, widely expected to hike interest rates, struggled to find words to reassure financial markets that the economy is strong enough to withstand the higher rates.
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Higher-than-expected U.S. consumer prices last month chilled hopes that the Federal Reserve will drop a policy bias to hike interest rates and served a terse reminder that inflation remains a threat.
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Recent action by the Federal Reserve is likely to calm troubled  U.S. markets, but inflation remains a worry, a top U.S. central bank official said on Friday.
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Key economic data from the United  States this week may seal the case for the first cut in the  federal funds rate in more than four years, which would help  ease investor concerns about a fallout from the subprime  crisis.
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TORONTO (CP) - There&#39;s still optimism for an end-of-year stock market rally - but whether it comes off could be up to the US Federal Reserve, which meets this week to set interest rates and give its latest assessment of the US economy.
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The US Federal Reserve is set to agree a range of measures giving mortgage holders more protection.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers  started a two-day meeting on Wednesday that markets expect will  yield a quarter-percentage point rise in the overnight federal  funds rate to 5.25 percent.
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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 two-day meeting on Tuesday that was widely expected to conclude with a decision to hold rates steady along with a renewed warning about inflation risks.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers started a meeting on Tuesday at which they are expected to hold official interest rates steady and retain a cautionary warning about inflation risks.
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EMERYVILLE, California  - The Federal Reserve is   weathering a spell of relatively high inflation with its   credibility intact, but still needs to maintain a bias toward   higher interest rates, San Francisco Federal Reserve President   Janet Yellen said on Tuesday.
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Current U.S. interest rate policy should promote a further drop in inflation although risks are still skewed toward higher prices, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve raised its target for short-term interest rates Wednesday, comfortable that the economy has passed late spring&#39;s &quot;soft patch.
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Federal Reserve policy-makers started a two-day meeting on Wednesday that is widely expected to lead to a decision to hold interest rates steady and a restatement of concerns about inflation.
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Washington - With the US economy expanding at a respectable pace, companies hiring and consumers inclined to spend, Federal Reserve policy makers can feel comfortable about boosting short-term interest rates for a fourth time this year.
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NEW YORK - In a widely expected move, the Federal Reserve (search) Wednesday raised its target for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to 2 percent, citing brightening job markets that likely mean more increases lie ahead.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve concluded  at its policy-setting session last month that risks of  inflation remained balanced for now, but they were clearly  concerned about the potential for higher prices, minutes of the  meeting issued on Tuesday showed.