US rate now 2Â¼% to choke inflation
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WASHINGTON - The US Federal Reserve Board late yesterday boosted short-term interest rates for the fifth time in a row, warning of higher rates next year as it abandons easy money to head off inflation.
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Has the economy&#39;s &#39;soft patch&#39; passed? Is inflation about to pop? The bond market doesn&#39;t think so. By Mark Gongloff, CNN/Money senior writer.
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Inflation on our meals is steeper than you may realize.
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Business & money: Â· US economy cools with housing market problemsÂ· Bank rates expected to go in opposite directions
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warns in his memoir that if the Fed is to keep the inflation rate between 1 and 2 percent in coming years it could be required to force interest rates into double digits, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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The price of gas inched up just over 2 cents a gallon around the nation in the past two weeks.
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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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Federal Reserve chops another half point off interest rates - to 3% - in bid to head off economic recession
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US inflation for all of 2007 hit the highest rate for 17 years, as surging energy and food costs pushed up prices.
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US factory prices rise at their highest rate in 34 years, raising inflation fears at a time of interest rate cuts.
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With prices heating up to combustion point, you need inflation protection.
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The US Federal Reserve yesterday raised interest rates by a quarter point to 2.25 per cent and signalled that there had been no change in its assessment of economic conditions.
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After years of relative calm on the inflation front, Americans are being battered by &#36;2-a-gallon gasoline, rising food prices and higher medical bills. And there are fears that price pressures could worsen in 2005.
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WASHINGTON - Consumer prices barely budged in August, suggesting that inflation isn't currently a problem for the economy and Federal Reserve policy-makers can stick with a gradual approach to raising interest rates.    The government's closely watched inflation barometer, the Consumer Price Index, rose by just 0.1 percent in August from the previous month, the Labor Department reported Thursday...
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The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 2.25%, the fifth increase this year.
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Sure the currency is tumbling, but don&#39;t expect the FOMC to do much out of the ordinary today. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - It&#39;s pretty clear that another interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve today will not be much of a headline maker.
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This year may be the first since 1991 with a 4 percent inflation rate. After years of running just under 3 percent, a 4 percent rate will be a shock, particularly since it won't apply to home prices.