Fed expected to deliver fifth quarter-point rate hike
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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 Tuesday.
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Federal Reserve officials are  expected to nudge interest rates up on Tuesday for a fifth time  this year, another small step in a campaign to gradually lift  borrowing costs before inflation rears its head.
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: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday nudged US 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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The U.S. Federal Reserve held benchmark interest rates steady at 5.25 percent on Wednesday for a fifth straight meeting, while maintaining a warning on the risk of inflation.
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The US Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates at their current level of 5.25% on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve is likely to lift key rates by a quarter-point this week, but a sputtering US economy is forcing policymakers to re-evaluate the outlook for future increases, analysts say.
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The Federal Reserve pushed US interest rates up by a modest quarter-percentage point on Tuesday and expressed confidence that inflation could be kept at bay by slowly lifting credit costs from rock-bottom levels.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely  next week to raise its target federal funds rate to 1.75  percent from 1.5 percent, nearing the end of the first stage of  what appears to be a two-stage plan to return rates to "normal"  levels, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.
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The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates to 5.75% at its monthly meeting this week.
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The European Central Bank is set to lift its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point when it meets this week &#151; the fifth such move since the bank started adjusting rates in December 2005 as Europe's economy picked up.
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The US Federal Reserve is expected to hike interest rates today for a fourth time this year. Analysts say the central bank is feeling more confident about the US economy, partly because of the strong payrolls
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WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve, wanting to keep inflation at bay, is expected to boost short-term interest rates for a third time this year today, a move that would come in the final stretch of the presidential campaign.
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US interest rates are expected to rise by a quarter percentage point to 2.25% following a US Federal Reserve meeting later on Tuesday.
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The European Central Bank is expected to raise its key interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 4 percent when it meets Wednesday, but economists will be looking for signals on further potential increases.
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The Federal Reserve raised a key rate for the fourth time in five months, saying that the U.S. economy is gaining steam.
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The Federal Reserve is expected to nudge interest rates up for a fourth time this year on Wednesday, acting on the belief that the economy has finally emerged from an extended "soft patch."
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Federal Reserve policy-makers encouraged by the economy&#39;s performance may bump up interest rates again in December - a fifth time this year - and will continue to tighten credit in 2005, economists predict.