Interest rates: going down after six hikes?

Reports on economic conditions in the United States as of December 18, 2000. Pressure on the U.S. Federal Reserve Board to lower interest rates in order to stave off inflation; Prediction of some economic analysts that the U.S. may be heading towards a recession; Relationship between Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and U.S. politicians; Expected approach of U.S. President-elect George W. Bush to the economy.