7 Benefits of a Federal Reserve Interest Rate Hike

There is a "high bar" to the U.S. Federal Reserve raising interest rates given the need to raise inflation and guard against any drop in inflation expectations, Atlanta Fed president Raphael Bostic said on Monday......»»

U.S. Federal Reserve officials may be in broad agreement that interest rates are unlikely to change soon, but they differed Monday on how concerned they are about developing financial risks in assessing when a rate hike might be appropriate......»»

White House economist Larry Kudlow told Bloomberg TV on Friday the Federal Reserve should "take back" its December interest rate hike. Commenting after the stronger-t.....»»

The head of the Boston Federal Reserve said he sees “no clarion call” to raise interest rates any time soon, suggesting the central bank’s hands-off approach could help counter the risk of dangerously low inflation......»»

Some economists think the Federal Reserve should keep the possibility of an interest-rate hike on the table to guard against potential asset bubbles......»»

A strong U.S. job market and near-target inflation will warrant "at most" one interest rate increase in 2019 and one in 2020, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick Harker said on Thursday......»»

The circumstances are not in place to raise U.S. interest rates again in the short-term, Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Patrick Harker said on Monday......»»

The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept interest rates steady and slashed all projections of a rate hike this year. Still, S&P Global Ratings said the Fed is "not yet done" with rate hikes, predicting another will come this year or early next year......»»

With growth slowing and inflation soft, Federal Reserve officials now expect to raise its benchmark interest rates once over the next three years, according to a forecast and policy statement released Wednesday......»»

The Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady and erased plans to hike rates this year as it downgraded its outlook for the global economy......»»

The Federal Reserve took a sharply less aggressive policy posture on Wednesday, signaling it will not hike interest rates this year amid a slowing economy and announcing a plan to end its balance sheet reduction program by September......»»

U.S. stocks trim losses Wednesday in a dramatic comeback after the Federal Reserve kept the key interest rate unchanged as widely expected and signaled no rate hike this year in line with tame inflation and slower economic growth......»»

Federal Reserve signals no interest rate hike in 2019......»»

The Federal Reserve foreshadowed a 'slightly steeper' rate hike path in next few years......»»

The classic Clash song “Should I stay or should I go” sums up the debate inside the Federal Reserve. Should the Fed stay with its previous forecast for three increases in U.S. interest rates this year — or go up to four?.....»»

The Federal Reserve is all but sure to leave interest rates unchanged this week, though steady economic growth and inflation pressures will likely keep the Fed on a path toward further rate hikes later this year......»»

The Federal Reserve is all but sure to leave interest rates unchanged this week, though steady economic growth and inflation pressures will likely keep the Fed on a path toward further rate hikes later this year......»»

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday kept rates steady and issued a policy statement that set up another rate hike in June......»»

Federal Reserve officials in their meeting in early May confirmed they planned to raise interest rates in June and were not concerned they were behind the curve on inflation."Most participants ju.....»»

Virtually every round of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve has ended up creating a “meaningful crisis,” says Deutsche Bank strategist Alan Ruskin. This time probably won’t be different......»»