What you should know after the Fed cut rates | AP News
WEB3 days ago · Updated 11:12 AM PDT, September 18, 2024. NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses. On Wednesday, the Fed announced that it reduced its key rate by an unusually large half ...
Live updates: First Fed rate cut since Covid | CNN Business
WEB4 days ago · Mortgage rates have already begun steadily falling in anticipation of the Fed’s expected Wednesday cut. According to Freddie Mac, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate fell to 6.20% last week ...
Fed meeting live updates: Fed lowers interest rates by half point, …
WEB4 days ago · Fed funds futures trading suggests a 55% likelihood that central bank officials will dial back rates by 50 basis points, according to the CME FedWatch Tool. They also imply a 45% probability of ...
Federal Reserve goes big with half-point interest rate cut ... - NBC News
WEB4 days ago · The federal funds rate, which acts as a benchmark for borrowing rates in the rest of the economy, will now move down to about 4.8%, the lowest level since March 2023. The central bank also said it ...
Interest Rates Fall, but Central Banks Are No Longer in Lock Step
WEB2 days ago · Notes: Japan raised its rate to 0.25 percent, a 20 basis-point increase from the midpoint of a range of 0-0.1 percent. The rate for China is the one-year loan prime rate. Sources: National central ...
‘The time has come’: The Fed just sent a crucial message ... - CNN
WEBAug 23, 2024 · The Fed’s aggressive rate-hiking campaign, which started in early 2022, thrust interest rates up to a 23-year high in a bid to combat the highest inflation in decades.
Key takeaways from the Fed’s latest interest rate decision
WEBJun 12, 2024 · The Fed has kept interest rates at a 23-year high for nearly a year, after kicking off an aggressive rate-hiking campaign in March 2022. Central bankers are waiting for more evidence that inflation...
Federal Reserve Meeting: Fed Raises Rates Again - The New York Times
WEBJul 26, 2023 · Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates to their highest level in 22 years, continuing their 16-month campaign to wrestle inflation lower by cooling the American economy.
Fed unleashes another big rate hike in bid to curb inflation
WEBJul 27, 2022 · The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty three-quarters of a point for a second straight time in its most aggressive drive in more than three decades to tame high inflation.
Federal Reserve News What Happened Today at the Fed Meeting
WEBMay 3, 2023 · Federal Reserve officials raised interest rates by a quarter-point on Wednesday in the tenth straight move in their fight against rapid inflation — but they also opened the door to a possible...