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Wall Street upbeat - May 19, 1999 35% NEW YORK (CNNfn) - U.S. stocks opened higher Wednesday as investors adjusted to the idea that the Federal Reserve is now more likely to raise interest rates in the future, should inflation pressures on the economy pick up. A recovery in the bond market and a stronger dollar helped support stocks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fed keeps rates steady - May. 18, 1999 35% NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Tuesday but said it would consider raising them in the future, citing inflationary pressures. As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee left the federal funds rate, its target for the interest rate banks use to lend money to ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rate bias bumps bonds - May 18, 1999 35% NEW YORK (CNNfn) - News that the Federal Reserve is leaning in the direction of higher interest rates unnerved the bond market Tuesday afternoon, casting Treasury debt prices off their shaky morning pedestal. Shortly before 3 p.m. ET, the benchmark 30-year Treasury bond was down 3/32 of a point in price ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Asia cautious, eyes Fed - May. 18, 1999 42% LONDON (CNNfn) - Asia's largest markets bobbed and weaved in narrow trade Tuesday as investors steered a cautious course ahead of a meeting of U.S. Federal Reserve policy makers that is viewed as a litmus test of short-term interest rate trends. Many markets treaded water throughout the day as ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. rate jitters hit European markets - May. 17, 1999 51% LONDON (CNNfn) - European stock markets were firmly in the red Monday, with London and Paris over 1 percent lower and the others not far behind. Bourses added to the sharp sell-off Friday after stronger-than-expected U.S. inflation data fanned fears of rising U.S. interest ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fed fears to shake Street? - May 17, 1999 54% NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Wall Street moved into Fed Watch mode as it prepared for Monday's market opening, worried that the government will tighten interest rates and still reeling from Friday's steep sell-off related to a sharp rise in consumer prices. Early indications suggested that U.S. stocks ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Bonds quiet between storms - May 17, 1999 64% NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Bond yields tiptoed quietly lower Monday as investors got thin support from the dollar's strength, but fears that the inflationless era of prosperity could be reaching an end kept many players aloof from the battered market. Shortly before 9 a.m. ET, the benchmark 30-year ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fed buying buoys bond - May 17, 1999 64% NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The Federal Reserve inspired both terror and celebration Monday, with two coupon passes pushing the long bond back into positive territory while investors remained unwilling to buy shorter-term Treasury debt ahead of a meeting of the Fed's interest rate-setting committee. Shortly ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Headline - May. 16, 1999 42% TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei average fell sharply by Monday midday as a tumble in U.S. stocks on Friday amid worries over U.S. interest rates raised caution that Wall Street's recent rally may pause for a while, traders said. "Friday's fall (on Wall Street) raised worries that a ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Inflation fears punish stocks - May. 14, 1999 34% NEW YORK (CNNfn) - U.S. stocks opened with a tumble Friday after one of the market's worst fears materialized -- inflation at the consumer level posted its biggest increase in more than eight years in April. At around 10 a.m., the Dow Jones industrial average lost 128.58 points, or 1.1 ... |