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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and expressed confidence that a recent rise in inflation to near the U.S. central bank's target would be sustained, leaving it on track to raise borrowing costs in June......»»

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve will likely raise its target interest rate to above the rate of inflation for the first time in a decade next week, igniting a new debate: when to stop......»»

The Federal Reserve concluded its June meeting by hiking interest rates a quarter percentage point. The seventh raise in two and a half years brings the federal funds rate to a range between 1.75 percent and 2 percent. read more.....»»

Fed officials were increasingly worried about trade war but wanted to continually gradually hiking interest rates, according to minutes of the June meeting released Thursday......»»

Federal Reserve officials are scouring new niches of the financial markets to find signals accurate enough to warn the central bank when it is time to stop hiking interest rates before they risk tipping the economy into a recession......»»

The Federal Reserve seems poised to continue to hike interest rates and emerging market countries will have to manage as best they can, said Raghuram Rajan, former governor of the Reserve Bank of India, in an interview with CNBC......»»

In June 2006, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a 17th consecutive time but cushioned the increase with a strong signal that officials were ready to stop the tightening cycle......»»

In June 2006, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a 17th consecutive time but cushioned the increase with a strong signal that officials were ready to stop the tightening cycle......»»

In June 2006, the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates for a 17th consecutive time but cushioned the increase with a strong signal that officials were ready to stop the tightening cycle......»»

Effects from persistently higher interest rates, combined with falling federal spending locally, have continued to weaken the local economy, according to the latest numbers from CBRE Group Inc.’s index charting Greater Washington’s economic p.....»»

‘The Fed has gotten hooked on these expansive policies of ultra-low interest rates,' Kerry Killinger says......»»

Mortgage rates are now at the highest point since June and could go even higher even if the Federal Reserve doesn’t change its policy......»»

The jobs report may be strong and the US economy may be recovering, but that doesn't mean the Fed is going to ease off the COVID crisis measures. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pre.....»»

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve took massive emergency action Sunday to try to help the economy withstand the coronavirus by slashing its benchmark interest rate to near zero and saying it would.....»»

Berlin is trying to stop Washington from persuading a German company seeking a coronavirus vaccine to move its research to the United States, prompting German politicians to insist no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine......»»

Futures traders are betting the Federal Reserve will slash U.S. interest rates to near zero by April, even as many doubted the central bank can do much to stop economic damage from the spread of the new coronavirus......»»

REUTERS/Ruben Sprich Cutting interest rates and increasing money supply will do little to combat coronavirus' economic fallout, former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers argued in a Washington Post colum.....»»

Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images Trump demanded even lower interest rates from the Federal Reserve less than an hour after its unexpected move. He called on the Fed to "LEAD" with "more easing and cutting" in a tweet.....»»

Goldman Sachs expects the coronavirus to drive the Federal Reserve to cut U.S. interest rates by 75 basis points by June it said on Friday, implying as many as three cuts starting at its next meeting in March......»»

U.S. employers ramped up hiring in January and wage gains rebounded, providing new evidence of a durable jobs market that backs the Federal Reserve’s decision to stop cutting interest rates and hands President Donald Trump an early election-year boost......»»