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10-0 The FOMC left rates unchanged the day after the Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. Official Statement: August 5, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 10–1 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to keep its target for the federal funds rate at 2 percent. Official statement: April 30, 2008 2.00% 2.25% 8–2 The FOMC cut rates by 25 basis points.
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates for the second consecutive meeting but this ... Bankrate’s picks for the best high-yield savings accounts for November 2024 currently offer an average ...
The Fed cut its federal funds rate — the interest rate banks charge each other for short-term loans — by 0.25 percentage points, lowered the rate to a range of 4.25% to 4.5%, down from its ...
Thursday’s Fed rate cut reduced its benchmark rate to about 4.6%, down from a four-decade high of 5.3%. The Fed had kept its rate that high for more than a year to fight the worst inflation ...
November 7, 2024 at 12:25 PM. The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point, avoiding any surprises just days after Donald Trump was elected president.
After the Fed's three rate cuts in 2024, many online banks lowered their rates. For example, Wealthfront dropped its APY from 4.25% to 4.00%, while SoFi reduced its savings yield from 4.00% to 3.80%.
The former Fed policymaker still expects a rate cut next week but added that a prior prediction for four rate cuts next year has "got to be rethought." Two or three cuts in 2025 "seems right to me."
Along with trimming the number of rate cuts expected this year, the new rate projections raised the long-run "neutral" rate needed to keep inflation in check while maintaining steady growth to 2.8 ...