Fed not worried by housing slowdown
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WASHINGTON -- Rising incomes should support the US economy even as the housing market slows and consumers lose the boost they were getting from home equity, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said in a letter released yesterday.
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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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Financial market turbulence has noticeably hurt housing activity across the U.S. in recent weeks but other sectors of the economy have so far been spared, the Fed said.
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Policy-makers assured nervous investors on Friday that the United States was not heading into recession and recent stock market losses did not warrant central bank intervention.
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Housing data and a gauge of business  spending in June released on Thursday signaled slower U.S.  economic growth ahead, leading many to believe the Federal  Reserve is less likely to raise interest rates next month.
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Investors appeared to put aside their concerns about tighter credit availability, signs that the economy may be slipping and uncertainty about what the Fedâs next move will be.
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The central bank acknowledged that its primary worry is an economic slowdown rather than rising inflation and it left open the possibility of additional rate reductions.
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The Federal Reserve decided to keep interest rates steady Wednesday and acknowledged that the economy is slowing down, which could mean the Fed may not need to raise rates further in the near future.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Wednesday housing market woes could dampen an expected pickup in U.S. economic growth, but he restated that the central bank's main worry is inflation.
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The economy slowed last month and   inflation remained in check, according to data released on   Friday, providing further support for the Federal Reserve to   hold interest rates steady when it meets next week.
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, giving holiday shoppers a reason for some cheer. However, the Fed held back an extra gift Wall Street was hoping for: a signal that rates might actually be lowered soon.
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The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate today, aiming to prevent turbulence in the housing and credit markets from slowing the U.S. economy.
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Housing activity has slowed from recent years but the dragdown should not lead to a recession, mortgage finance company Freddie Mac  said on Thursday in its monthly economic outlook.
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St. Louis Federal Reserve President William Poole on Friday dismissed fears that the U.S. economy was heading into a recession, and said there was no pressing need for the central bank to act against a falling stock market.
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U.S. stocks opened little changed on   Tuesday after government data showed tamer-than-expected   inflation in August, but another report showed a   sharper-than-expected slowdown in home building, a day before a   Federal Reserve interest-rate decision.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Wednesday that even though the economy is likely to log more subdued growth this year due to the painful housing slump, the threat of an inflation flare-up still remains policymakers' biggest concern.
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Why pains plaguing the housing market won't affect the commercial real estate market.