Word: fed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Breaking ground at Har Homa just as negotiations on a "final status" agreement were supposed to get under way last week seemed so unnecessary, so calculated to disrupt the delicate proceedings. To reassure his hard-line constituents that he would not back down, Netanyahu complained he was "fed up" with international charges that "everything we do is a violation of the accords and everything the Palestinians say is in compliance." To appease the peace camp, he tossed out an old proposal to accelerate the final-status talks so that agreement on the hard issues--such as Jerusalem, borders, Palestinian sovereignty...
...YORK: Investors fearing more rate hikes by the Fed sent the Dow plunging by more than 216 points, ending the day down 140. The decline is the eighth worst point drop in the Dow's history. Statistics published today showing robust home sales and a decline in unemployment claims -- both signs of the economic growth that the Fed fears will fuel inflation -- helped spark the sell-off. Consolidation of end-of-quarter portfolios in time for the three-day Easter holiday were also to blame. The bond market benefitted from those fears, with yields on 30-year Treasury bonds hitting...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: After weeks of increasingly blunt hints from Fed Chairman Greenspan, the Federal Reserve pulled the trigger Tuesday, announcing a quarter-point increase in interest rates. The central bank raised its federal funds rate, the rate charged for overnight loans between banks, from 5.25 percent to 5.5 percent. That should lead to a corresponding increase in the prime rate from 8.25 percent to 8.5 percent, and in turn a hike in the rates of the millions of consumer and business loans that are linked to the prime. Despite criticism that at its current 2.3 percent rate, inflation is quiescent...
...military obligation. I'm afraid the Army will have a tired, frustrated and resentful pilot, but it will have a pilot. The bond between a nursing mother and her child is stronger than anything I have ever known. I am a former U.S. Air Force captain, and I breast-fed my first son. Other officers may believe Cuevas is "selfish and a disgrace to women in the military," but I think she is demonstrating selflessness and courage. DONNA KRINGLER Midway Park, North Carolina...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Alan Greenspan believes the economy is growing too fast, and he's getting ready to slow it down. The Fed Chairman prepared investors for an increase in interest rates by telling a Congressional committee that he believed the Fed had to act soon to head off inflation. Speaking before the Congressional Joint Economic Committee, Greenspan said that strong economic growth so far this year, coupled with a tight labor market, will lead to inflation later unless the central bank acts soon. Greenspan specifically linked his concerns to recent reports showing unexpected strength in such areas as retail sales...