Summary Box: Consumer prices flat in January as weak economy keeps inflation in check COST OF LIVING FLAT: The price of clothing, shelter and other goods was unchanged last month, the government said, as a drop in energy prices offset a rise ...
Banks reduce their borrowing by average of $2.24 billion from Fed's emergency loan program Banks borrowed less from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program over the past week in a further sign that the strains from the financial crisis are fading. The ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Labor market and consumer prices data on Thursday showed the U.S. economy is on a moderate growth path and inflation pressures are contained, backing up the Federal Reserve's vow to keep benchmark interest rates ultra-low for some time. Initial ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, whose legacy has been tarnished by the global financial crisis, on Thursday laid out a scholarly defense of why Fed policy did not fuel the housing bubble. Greenspan did offer somewhat of ...
Europe's main stock markets stumbled on Thursday as investors took profits and digested economic data including a larger-than-expected eurozone trade deficit, dealers said. In late morning European trade, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained just 0.08 percent to 5,649.25 points, while the ...
Rates on 30-year mortgages edge up, but remain below 5 percent as Fed prepares exit Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the third straight week as the Federal Reserve prepares to end a program that has kept rates at ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer prices were unexpectedly unchanged in February as a drop in energy costs was offset by higher food and medical care costs, a government report showed on Thursday, backing up the Federal Reserve's commitment to ultra low interest rates. ...
US consumer prices were flat in February, restrained by lower fuel prices, the government said Thursday. The consumer price index, a measure of the average change in prices of goods and services purchased by households, was unchanged from 0.2 percent in January, ...
Consumer prices were flat last month, fresh evidence inflation remains in check Consumer prices were flat last month, as the weak economy limits the ability of companies to charge more for goods and services. The Labor Department's report Thursday indicates there is ...
A trader watches a TV screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Stocks held on to modest gains Tuesday after the Federal Reserve gave a mildly more upbeat view of the economy. ...
