US fed meeting

Inflation, Fed meet to take centre-stage for market this week

Inflation numbers, progress of monsoon rains and key global developments, including the US Fed meeting, will lay the pitch for the stock market movement this week, say analysts.

Jun 12, 2016, 13:03 PM IST

US rate hike may pose risks to some emerging markets: Moody's

Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday said the likely interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve this week could pose risks to some emerging markets.

Dec 15, 2015, 10:47 AM IST

What's so important about the Federal Reserve's interest rate?

On Wednesday the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, is expected to raise its federal funds interest rate for the first time in nearly 10 years

Dec 15, 2015, 08:42 AM IST

Worries over global growth weigh as Fed mulls rate hike

The United States weighs raising rates for the first time in nine years Thursday, a momentous decision that has transfixed world markets at a time of slowing Chinese growth and crises in other emerging markets.

Sep 17, 2015, 19:04 PM IST

US Fed begins two-day meeting to decide on interest rate hike

Top officials at the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday began a two-day policy meeting that is narrowly expected to end without an interest rate hike.

Sep 16, 2015, 23:43 PM IST

Weak US inflation complicates Fed rate decision

U.S. consumer prices unexpectedly fell in August as gasoline prices resumed their decline and a strong dollar curbed the cost of other goods, pointing to tame inflation that complicates the Federal Reserve`s decision whether to hike interest rates.

Sep 16, 2015, 23:26 PM IST

Fed meets on rate hike amid global pressure for caution

The US Federal Reserve opens a two-day meeting Wednesday to weigh what could be a historic interest rate increase amid global calls for caution as world economic growth slows.

Sep 16, 2015, 22:05 PM IST

As Fed meets, US inflation falls

US consumer prices fell slightly in August, dragged lower by tumbling gasoline prices, the government reported Wednesday ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting on increasing interest rates.

Sep 16, 2015, 19:00 PM IST

US Fed pressed ahead with plan to raise rates as it debated guidance

The US Federal Reserve pressed ahead at its last policy-setting meeting with plans to begin raising interest rates later this year despite an apparently vigorous debate over how to communicate its intentions.

Jan 08, 2015, 00:43 AM IST

Global stocks in `Santa rally` after US Fed meeting

Global stock markets surged in a "Santa Claus rally" on Thursday as dealers welcomed the outcome of the US Federal Reserve meeting which signalled an interest rate increase was not imminent.

Dec 19, 2014, 00:21 AM IST