NEW YORK -- The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates five times since last June, but consumers still seem to be spending as if there's no tomorrow. Just what does the Fed have to do to get them to cool it?Powell, Eileen Alt...
Almost all 60 economists polled by the WSJ earlier this month estimated that the Fed would raise rates again this week. They also expected the central bank will raise rates twice next year, a little bit less than the three times they expected when surveyed last month....
WASHINGTON, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday that the central bank will have to raise interest rates more if inflation remains elevated. "If we see inflation persisting at high levels longer than expected ... if we have to raise interest rates ...
Fed is likely to raise rates again this year or early next, economists say. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Financial News)Kean, Edward
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday said the Fed will continue to raise interest rates in an effort to combat inflation as Americans across the country feel the burden of the fastest price increases in 40 years. But the central bank faces a mounting challenge: easing prices without...
Chair Janet Yellen said just two weeks agoduring a speechin Rhode Island. Yellen sees signs of a recovery and believes the Fed will be able to raise rates sometime this year. Most experts believe the Fed will raise rates in September, but the IMF recommendation will likely re-open the ...
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Warning that high inflation could make it harder to restore the job market to full health, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Fed will raise interest rates faster than it now plans if needed to stem surging prices.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) is expected to raise interest rates once in the second half of 2019 amid political pressure and financial volatility, experts said here Saturday. The Fed has to wait several quarters before the market stabilizes, and could raise...
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the Fed's policy-making body, decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 1.5 to 1.75 percent and "anticipates that ongoing increases in the target range will be appropriate." ...