Fed debates setting "soft" inflation target: WSJ
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Federal Reserve officials, who are  debating whether to adopt an explicit target for inflation,  have discussed whether an implicit, or "soft" target, might be  preferable, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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The US Federal Reserve Board, wanting to keep inflation at bay, is expected to boost short-term interest rates Tuesday for a third time this year, a move that would come in the final stretch of the presidential campaign.
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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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Wall Street widely expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut short-term interest rates on Tuesday, which would be its first policy move since June 2006, when it raised rates to cap a two-year rate hike campaign.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policy makers held a short-term interest rate steady yesterday, saying that inflation remains too high but should drift lower over time as energy prices fall and the economy slows.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers want to shift their emphasis away from current benign inflation to uncertainty about future price pressures, and are debating whether to stop calling inflation "elevated" in their policy statements, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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The Dow Jones industrials set a new high yesterday after the Federal Reserve chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, told a Senate panel that the economy should grow modestly this year and that he expected inflation would continue to ease.
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U.S. stocks sold off on Tuesday after  minutes from a December Federal Reserve meeting revealed the  policy-making committee was concerned about the potential for  inflation, triggering worry about more rate increases.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, under first-year Chairman Ben Bernanke, appears close to achieving the tricky maneuver of steering the U.S. economy to a soft landing.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday that current U.S. interest rate policy should promote a gradual drop in inflation, but the recent rapid deceleration in price pressures could be hard to sustain.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska  - So-called core inflation, which removes food and energy costs, is a better way of forecasting future price pressures, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers suggested that &quot;significant&quot; increases in short-term interest rates probably would be needed to keep inflation from becoming a problem, according to minutes released Thursday of their August meeting.
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Investor's Business Daily - Chicago Fed chief Michael Moskow said the unexpectedly tight labor market could fuel inflation and the central bank has &quot;a way to go&quot; to bring inflation down to satisfactory levels. Inflation expectations appear to be contained for now, and interest rates, currently at 5.25%, are &quot;appropriate,&quot; said Moskow, who is a voting member of the Fed&#39;s policy-setting committee this year.
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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, meeting  minutes issued on Tuesday showed.
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U.S. stocks were little changed on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke dimmed hopes for an early interest rate cut by sounding a fresh warning about the risks of inflation.
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Wall Street's stocks are set for a flat   start to Thursday trade as investors sit tight ahead of key   inflation data and a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben   Bernanke.
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Inflation hovering around 3 percent in the United States since 2005 is too high for comfort in the longer term, Cleveland Federal Reserve President Sandra Pianalto said on Wednesday.