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JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug 25 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve may need to raise interest rates further to cool still-too-high inflation, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday, promising to move with care at upcoming meetings as he noted both progress made on easing price pressures as well as risks from the surprising strength of the U.S. economy."We will proceed carefully as we decide whether to tighten further or, instead, to hold the policy rate constant and await further data," Powell said in a keynote address to the Jackson Hole...

The exterior of the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve Board Building is seen in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 14, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve officials were divided over the need for more interest rate hikes at the U.S. central bank's July 25-26 meeting, with "some participants" citing the risks to the economy of pushing rates too far even as "most" policymakers continued to prioritize the battle against inflation, according to minutes of the session that were released on Wednesday."Participants remained resolute in their...

BUCHAREST, June 22 (Reuters) - Renewable energy and transport infrastructure led a surge of projects vying for European Union recovery funds in Romania, where the government's capacity to tap funding has increased, a European Investment Bank (EIB) vice president said on Thursday.Romania stands to get up to 30 billion euros ($32.87 billion) worth of grants and loans until 2026 out of the EU's 724 billion euros Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), designed to help economies' post-pandemic rebound.Within central Europe, where Poland and Hungary are still struggling to unlock the funds,...