WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 (UPI) -- Economists predict the U.S. Federal Reserve Open Market Committee may cut interest rates to historic lows after a two-day meeting beginning Monday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve's expected interest-rate cut will be smaller than some on Wall Street want, Chicago futures market traders said.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10 (UPI) -- The Federal Reserve, highlighting deepening credit market concerns, said Friday it was “providing liquidity to facilitate the orderly functioning of financial markets.”
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Bond traders have apparently decided that the U.S. central bank is finished raising interest rates, Bankrate.com said Thursday. "Since the Federal Reserve's rate-setting committee last raised interest rates in June, fixed mortgage rates have declined near
FRANKFURT, Germany, July 7 (UPI) -- The European Central Bank held its key interest rate steady Thursday at 2 percent, despite pressure to lower it.
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The gap between the Fed's recent interest rate hikes and the actual rates charged in the U.S. bond markets is puzzling the financial community.
LONDON, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Amid signs of strength in the British economy, the Bank of England Thursday raised interest rates by one-quarter percentage point to 3.75 percent.
NEW YORK, June 21 (UPI) -- Federal Reserve head Alan Greenspan is expected to announce another interest rate cut on Wednesday and this one could be a doozy, speculators say.
WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- Economists are focused on next week's Federal Reserve meeting, with indications pointing toward a quarter-point discount rate cut.
NEW YORK, June 13 (UPI) -- Disappointing economic news sent stock prices plunging Friday amid growing expectations the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates.
