Fed Reserve considered likely to push interest rates up again

Tuesday, March 22, 2005

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve policy-makers, wanting to prevent a broader outbreak of inflation as oil prices surge, are likely to keep pushing short-term interest rates higher.

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