All posts tagged "interest rates"

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  The Fed changed its strategy on interest rates – here’s what it means

  Latest move suggests the end of the current economic expansion may be closer than previously thought

  • Posted February 4, 2019
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  Fed leaves interest rate unchanged

  Expects to gradually increase the federal funds rate 'consistent with sustained expansion of economic activity, strong labor market conditions, and inflation'

  • Posted November 8, 2018
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  U.S. job market tightening, inflation steadily rising

  Fed officials consider the labor market to be near or a little beyond full employment

  • Posted March 15, 2018
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  Stocks set records again; bond yields sink after jobs report

  US job growth slowed more than expected last month

  • Posted June 2, 2017
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  Weak tech, bank stocks pull indexes back from record highs

  STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK – Falling technology and financial stocks pulled U.S. indexes back from the edge of record highs on Friday. Bond yields gave up some of their big gains from the last...

  • Posted December 16, 2016
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  Fed Saw No-Hike Decision in September as ‘Close Call’

  WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve officials last month kept a key interest rate unchanged but saw the decision as a “close call.” Many believed that the case for a rate hike had strengthened in recent months. Minutes of the...

  • Posted October 12, 2016
• Why Some Fed Voting Members Hold More Influence than Others

  WASHINGTON – Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve has demonstrated one of the core tenets of central banking: On the Fed panel that sets interest rates, some votes are more equal than others. The panel – the Federal Open...

  • Posted September 22, 2016
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  Fed Keeps Key Rate Unchanged but Hints of Coming Hike

  WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve is keeping its key interest rate unchanged but signaling that it will likely raise rates before year’s end. The Fed said in a statement ending its latest policy meeting Wednesday that the...

  • Posted September 21, 2016
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  Bank of Japan Policy Tinkering Explained

  TOKYO – Japan’s central bank chose to keep its policies for sustaining a stronger economy mostly unchanged at a policy meeting that ended Wednesday. But it said it will aim to push long-term interest rates higher. Here...

  • Posted September 21, 2016
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  Fed’s Brainard: Move Cautiously Before Hiking Interest Rates

  WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve board member Lael Brainard indicated Monday that she’s in no hurry to raise interest rates again, comments that could be greeted with relief on Wall Street. In a speech in Chicago, Brainard said...

  • Posted September 12, 2016