Fed rate cut this week not a sure thing: report
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A Federal Reserve interest rate cut this  week is no sure thing and officials are not seriously  considering a half-point reduction in overnight rates, the Wall  Street Journal reported on Tuesday without citing sources.
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Fed chief Bernanke failed to deliver any indications of a rate cut next week, but investors didn't seem to mind.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President  Richard Fisher on Monday said the U.S. central bank cut  interest rates last week to avert an unacceptable economic  slowdown and said it could move again, in either direction.
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The Federal Reserve is likely to follow its bold action last week to battle an economic downturn with further interest rate reductions
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The US Federal Reserve left rates on hold in January amid uncertainty about the future path of inflation, minutes show.
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Retail sales and industrial output eked out smaller-than-expected gains in August, according to data on Friday that kept in place expectations the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates next week.
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WASHINGTON - The message from Ben Bernanke and his Federal Reserve colleagues is clear: The housing slump will drag on well into next year as credit problems linger. What's not so apparent is how they'll deal with the crisis, although another interest rate cut could come this week.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is not  rushing to cut benchmark interest rates because it wants to  break investors of the view that the central bank is there to  bail them out, an article in the Wall Street Journal said on  Thursday.
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A long period of stasis in Federal Reserve monetary policy looks certain to end on Tuesday with a U.S. interest-rate cut, leaving the question of how much further rates may drop and how fast.
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This week, the Fed speaks, and the market will listen. After sifting through mixed corporate profit reports and uneven readings on the economy, Wall Street will find out the answer to the long-debated question of whether the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again.
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The Federal Reserve is preparing to meet to decide whether US interest rates should be cut from 5.25%.
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WASHINGTON - Americans may be disappointed the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut won't translate into lower monthly mortgage payments and a revival of the housing market.
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Its rate cuts haven't been aggressive enough to boost the economy, say some analysts.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve will take another small step this week toward raising interest rates to more normal levels, but may be getting rates up to a point that allows for a pause in increasing them, analysts say.
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Investors assume that the central bank will reduce the overnight federal funds rate by at least a quarter of a percentage point, to 5 percent. But many market analysts say that will not be enough to restore confidence.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to lower U.S. interest rates on Wednesday as part of an ongoing aggressive effort to spare the economy from the worst effects of a deep housing slump and credit crunch.
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A new inflation report raised concerns that the Federal Reserve will back away from cutting interest rates again.