Consumer may get benefits from a Fed rate pause

biz.yahoo.com — While the Federal Reserve's aggressive drive to lower interest rates appears to be over, there could be benefits for consumers in other places - like some relief from soaring gasoline and food costs. "With the Fed on hold and the dollar firming, oil and gasoline and food prices may all top out some time in the next few months," May 1, 2008 View in Crawl 4