Fed expected to cut key interest rate
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A serious bout of financial market instability has dramatically changed the debate at the Federal Reserve from worries about inflation to concerns about the possibility of a recession.
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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 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development cut its forecast for US economic growth and expects the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates next year, according to a draft of its latest estimates.
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Wall Street expects a two-day Federal Reserve meeting this week to end with another cut in interest rates as financial firms struggle with losses tied to subprime mortgages and related securities.
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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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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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The Federal Reserve, confronted with a global stock sell-off fanned by increased fears of a recession, cut a key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point on Tuesday
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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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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday  slashed U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a  percentage point, the biggest rate cut in more than 23 years,  in an emergency bid to lend support to a U.S. economy some fear  is on the verge of recession.
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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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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke today gave the clearest indication yet that the central bank will move aggressively to cut interest rates to try to prevent a serious economic downturn.
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US central bank chief hints at interest rate cut to ease credit crisis.
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday  declined to comment on speculation in financial markets that  the U.S. central bank might cut the discount rate imminently.
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The Federal Reserve cut a short-term interest rate yesterday to try to keep problems in the housing and mortgage markets from dragging the nation into recession, but Wall Street judged the move as too timid and financial markets tanked.
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The Federal Reserve is likely to make one of three moves on interest rates.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President  Richard Fisher on Monday said the U.S. central bank cut  interest rates last week to avert an unacceptable economic  slowdown and said it could move again, in either direction.
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Individuals and businesses are likely to see their borrowing costs drop further as the Federal Reserve weighs another interest-rate reduction to bolster a sagging economy.