In August Fed planted seed for more rate hikes
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WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policy makers suggested ''significant&quot; increases in short-term interest rates probably would be needed to keep inflation from becoming a problem, according to minutes of their August meeting that were released yesterday.
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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.
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Another Fed meeting looms with another quarter-point interest rate hike virtually assured. It may seem strange that the Fed continues to raise interest rates on the heels of a summer-long economic soft patch.
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The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates on Tuesday for the fifth time this year and suggested that more rate increases are in order in the months ahead.
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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policy-makers boosted interest rates for a third time this year, and economists believe there probably will be another increase before the year is over depending on how the economic expansion unfolds.    Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues pushed up the target for the federal funds rate to 1.75 percent on Tuesday, the third quarter-point upward jog since June...
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EYES ON THE FED The main news of the week will be the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, at which the central bankers are widely expected to keep interest rates steady (Wednesday). Last weekÂs news that the Consumer Price Index had risen 0.2 percent in August, down from 0.4 percent in July, looked to some economists like validation that inflation was slowing, a trend that would not tempt the Fed to raise rates. But the Producer Price Index for August also comes out this week, helping to inform any decision (Tuesday). Other reports this week will include the second-quarter current-account deficit (Monday), August housing starts (Tuesday) and leading economic indicators (Thursday).
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Federal Reserve officials agreed at a meeting in September that they probably would keep raising their benchmark interest rate in coming quarters because of the likelihood of continued solid economic growth.
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The rate of inflation rose in August for the fourth successive month as this year&#39;s series of interest rate rises drove up the cost of buying a house.
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For the third time in as many meetings, the Federal Reserve raised a key interest rate by a quarter of a point, which experts say sends a message the economy is moving in the right direction at the right speed.
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The Fed raised short-term interest rates another notch today, and it suggested that it will keep raising them gradually over the next year.
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The US Federal Reserve raises interest rates to 2.25%, the fifth increase this year.
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The Federal Reserve raised short-term interest rates today for the fourth time this year and suggested that it would continue to raise them gradually over the next year.
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The Federal Reserve uses interest rates to help manage the economy, lowering them when the economy needs a boost and raising them when the economy is growing at a pace that may
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter point on Tuesday as widely expected, saying growth &quot;appears to have regained some traction.
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Federal Reserve policy makers raised the benchmark US interest rate a quarter point to 2.25 percent and restated a plan to carry out further increases at a ``measured&#39;&#39; pace.
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The Federal Reserve on Wednesday  nudged U.S. interest rates up a quarter percentage point for  the fourth time this year, citing healthier job markets and  indicating it will press on with a rate-rise campaign.
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Another hike in US interest rates is seen as a certainty when Federal Reserve policy-makers meet on Wednesday -- a step on the march toward a level of rates necessary to underpin long-term expansion.