Article: Economics 101.(American interest rates)(Brief Article)

Article: Fed expected to raise interest rates today; ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  June 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... prices. While the Fed may stand pat after raising interest rates now, the odds are ... who expect the Fed to raise interest rates at most by three ... dollar declines, the Fed may be forced to raise interest rates later in the year ...

Article: Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, But Warns ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  May 5, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... is over. The Fed has not increased interest rates since May 2000 ... tightening by the Fed. Greenspan has ... cautious in raising interest rates as economic growth ... Critics of the Fed say that the time for increasing interest rates is at hand with ...

Article: Fed raises interest rates another ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  February 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Some analysts fear that the Fed has been too slow in boosting interest rates, and that by continuing to ... meeting, when it also raised interest rates. The Fed said it would continue to raise interest rates at a "measured" pace. "There ...

Article: FED KEEPS INTEREST RATES AT 1.25 PERCENT
United Press International;  January 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... 00-00-0000 Fed keeps interest rates at 1.25 percent ... other. But the Fed repeated after ... suggested that interest rates could remain unchanged ... change in the fed funds rate, the ... through to all other interest rates from Treasury ...

Article: Rate hikes fail to gain traction ; Long-term interest ...
Portland Press Herald (Maine);  May 10, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... traction ; Long-term interest rates aren't doing what the Fed wants them to do - at ... follow the short-term interest rates that the Fed directly controls. But ... recovery. Last year, the Fed cut interest rates to 40-year lows, in ...

Article: Fed likely to keep interest rates unchanged ...
AP Worldstream;  June 25, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... problems at a time. The Fed can cut interest rates to spur consumer and ... through April, the Fed aggressively cut interest rates seven times in an ... only subdued when the Fed, under Paul Volcker, pushed interest rates to levels not seen ...

Article: Fed indicates it will raise interest rates ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  May 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... is over. The Fed has not increased interest rates since May 2000 ... tightening by the Fed. Greenspan has ... cautious in raising interest rates as economic growth ... Critics of the Fed say that the time for increasing interest rates is at hand with ...