Fed officials ease crude concerns
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A recovery in the world's largest economy is likely to continue, despite oil prices surging to record levels, US Federal Reserve officials say.
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High oil prices will probably brake US growth but will not derail the economy provided they do not rise sharply from current levels, top Federal Reserve policymakers said on Tuesday.
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MARQUETTE, MICH  - Both the Federal Reserve and  financial markets may have underestimated the long-term effects  of higher oil prices, a top central bank official said on  Friday.
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Oil prices firmed on Friday, cementing  this week's gains spurred by worries a U.S. cold spell could  erode already low winter fuel inventories.
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Falling oil prices hurt energy stocks and a Fed officialâs comments on interest rates also soured the marketâs early good mood.
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Oil steadied above $62 on Friday,   supported by signals that some OPEC producers may trim output   to stem a price decline caused by ample U.S. inventories.
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The recent spike in oil prices has had some negative impact on the US economy, but the futures markets suggest that this will be a temporary phenomenon, a top Fed official said on Sunday.
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WASHINGTON -- Concerns about inflation trumped worries about the slumping housing market last month in the minds of Federal Reserve officials who voted to hold interest rates steady.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- Wall Street finished essentially flat Wednesday, with investors still confident the Federal Reserve will lower rates next week but treading cautiously as oil prices crossed $80 a barrel for the first time and the dollar extended its decline.
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Not much seems to trouble Federal  Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan these days -- not oil at more  than $50 a barrel, record levels of consumer debt, nor a  possible U.S. housing bubble.
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Wall Street was heading for a steady start on Wednesday as lower crude oil prices and a firmer dollar soothed nerves ahead of an anticipated interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve.
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Oil&#39;s advance wavered a little on Friday as the US government prepared to lend out some strategic crude stocks, but traders said the amounts were small and that supply worries remained.
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Oil prices steadied on Tuesday after a $1 fall the previous day due to mild weather forecasts, while the yen gained broadly after a Bank of Japan policymaker signaled that interest rates could rise soon.
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Crude oil futures fell after Hurricane Frances missed US offshore production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico, easing concern that supplies would be disrupted.
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Near-record oil prices will slow U.S. economic growth but won't be enough to derail a self-sustaining expansion, U.S. Federal Reserve officials said on Monday.
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With a fall in oil prices easing inflation concerns, the Federal Reserve is expected to continue its easy-does-it approach to raising interest rates, boosting a key rate by a moderate quarter-point at its final meeting of the year today.
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The recent spike in oil prices has had some negative impact on the U.S. economy, but the futures markets suggest that this will be a temporary phenomenon, a top Fed official said on Sunday.