Letting inflation rise could be costly: Fed's Kohn
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Cutting U.S. inflation &quot;could be  difficult and costly&quot; once it rose, Federal Reserve Board  Governor Donald Kohn said on Friday, adding it would be  dangerous if global markets came to question the U.S. central  bank&#039;s devotion to price stability.
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U.S. Federal Reserve policy-makers  on Tuesday may break the chain of interest-rate rises they  began two years ago but economists say this won't necessarily  mean they are laying down arms against inflation.
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The Federal Reserve must stand ready to raise interest rates for fear the economy is growing faster than realized and could be placed at risk if inflation surges, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.
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The pick-up in prices will complicate efforts by the Fed as it tries to stave off a slowdown in economic growth.
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The Federal Reserve may be done raising interest rates, having probably increased  them enough already to cause inflation to fall gradually, an influential central bank policymaker said yesterday.
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The Federal Reserve must stand ready  to raise interest rates for fear the economy is growing faster  than realized and could be placed at risk if inflation surges,  Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Thursday.
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As the Federal Reserve warns about the risk of inflation, a report this Wednesday on fourth-quarter productivity could carry considerable weight.
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Rising energy prices over the last  five years raise risks of higher inflation expectations, but  the underlying trend of inflation does not appear to be higher,  Federal Reserve Governor Frederic Mishkin said on Saturday.
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Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said in an interview published on Monday the Fed would have to raise interest rates to double-digit levels in coming years to thwart inflation.
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Current U.S. interest rate policy should promote a further drop in inflation although risks are still skewed toward higher prices, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday.
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Australia&#39;s central bank said Monday that an expected increase in inflation next year could force it to raise interest rates. The government has pledged to keep interest rates low, but prices have been rising
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Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Richard Fisher said on Friday inflation may have "turned the corner," but that he would like to see inflation well below 2 percent.
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WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers suggested that &quot;significant&quot; increases in short-term interest rates probably would be needed to keep inflation from becoming a problem, according to minutes released Thursday of their August meeting.
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The Federal Reserve must not let its shift to more openness handcuff it on policy, Fed Board Gov. Donald Kohn said on Sunday, days after the release of the policy-making committee's minutes roiled markets.
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The US 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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Inflation's not the cruel tax it's often made out to be.
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The Federal Reserve has said interest rates may rise again - despite deciding to halt them earlier this month.