Thursday, June 28, 2007

Fed holds rates steady, nods to ease in inflation

(Reuters) - The decision by the central bank's Federal Open Market
Committee keeps the overnight federal funds rate target at the
level it hit in June last year after 17 straight
quarter-percentage point increases.




At its previous two meetings in March and May, the Fed had
described increases in nonfood, nonenergy prices as "somewhat
elevated."


Read more at Reuters.com Economic News

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