Fed Expected to Stay the Course for Now
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Although there have been some surprises in the rate of economic growth in the United States, the economy is pretty close to where the Federal Reserve Board expected it to be. As planned they will raise interest rates a quarter percent later this week.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2004
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Notes Show Fed Deciding to Brush Aside Signs of Slower Growth
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The Federal Reserve Board plans to keep raising interest rates in the next few months and does not believe that indications of an economic slowdown are significant, but policy-makers are not in uniform agreement.
Publication Name: The New York Times
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0362-4331
Year: 2005
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