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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 ...
The Fed cut rates by half a point in September, marking the central bank’s first rate-reduction during a 2 1/2 year battle against inflation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Despite the Fed's September cut, mortgage rates have increased over the last month, with the average interest rate on a 30-year fixed-rate loan sitting at about 6.72%, according to Freddie Mac ...
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage has risen every week since the Fed cut interest rates on Sept. 18, jumping from 6.2 percent to 7 percent in the week that ended on Nov. 7, according to Bankrate data.
The Federal Reserve delivered its first interest rate cut in more than four years yesterday. It was a declaration of victory over once hot, hot, hot inflation. And mortgage rates responded by ...
The Fed’s 19 policymakers projected that they will cut their benchmark rate by a quarter-point just twice in 2025, down from their estimate in September of four rate cuts.
The Federal Reserve cut its federal funds rate by a quarter point today following a two-day policy meeting, bringing its benchmark rate to between 4.25% and 4.50%. This is 2024's third federal ...
The Fed hiked the federal funds rate (overnight interest rates) to a two-decade high of 5.33% between Mar. 2022 and Aug. 2023, in order to tame an inflation surge that resulted from pandemic ...