Word: feds
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...worrisome raise in inflation. Sustained growth could create inflationary pressures as labor demands drive up wages and prices, causing the Federal Reserve to hike the cost of borrowing. But growth is likely to be lower this quarter, easing fears of an overheated economy. Investors were also reassured by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's statement Thursday that the Consumer Price Index is overstating inflation, a sign that the Federal Reserve probably won't raise interest rates at its monthly meeting next Tuesday...
...worrisome raise in inflation. Sustained growth could create inflationary pressures as labor demands drive up wages and prices, causing the Federal Reserve to hike the cost of borrowing. But growth is likely to be lower this quarter, easing fears of an overheated economy. Investors were also reassured by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's statement Thursday that the Consumer Price Index is overstating inflation, a sign that the Federal Reserve probably won't raise interest rates at its monthly meeting next Tuesday...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told the Senate Finance Committee Thursday that the Consumer Price Index should be adjusted downward, and called for the creation of an independent commission to monitor future increases. Greenspan, who has long pushed for an adjustment to the CPI, told Senators he fully agreed with a December report that the index was overestimating inflation by 1.1 percentage points annually, an error that will cost the government $1 trillion over the next 12 years in cost-of-living increases and lost tax revenue. "Greenspan has been pushing for an adjustment to the CPI for years...
...slightly oddball but deadly serious. The power of the powerless is shaking Eastern Europe again as tens of thousands of Bulgarians fill the streets of Sofia each day to show just how fed up they are with their government of national disaster, a batch of renamed but unreconstructed communists who still balk at basic reforms. Inspired by two months of demonstrations in next-door Serbia, Bulgarian workers, students, doctors and civil servants are striking, marching and bouncing for change. Taxis sporting opposition flags block the roads, along with people clinging together in human chains. "I earn $21 a month," says...
Seven minutes into the second stanza, Union forward Mark Szucs fed a puck to forward Brent Ozarowski. Ozarowski took a soft shot, but caught Prestifilippo off-balance and the shot slid into...