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  2. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    The federal funds rate is an important benchmark in financial markets [1] [2] and central to the conduct of monetary policy in the United States as it influences a wide range of market interest rates. [3] The effective federal funds rate (EFFR) is calculated as the effective median interest rate of overnight federal funds transactions during ...

  3. Fed’s interest rate history: The federal funds rate from 1981 ...

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    The key benchmark has been as high as 20 percent — and as low ... bringing the federal funds rate to a 23-year high of 5.25-5.5 percent. ... The “effectivefed funds rate averaged at 9.97 ...

  4. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    In an unscheduled meeting on August 17 the Fed "temporarily" reduced the spread between the primary credit rate and the federal funds rate to 50 basis points from the 100-point spread established in January 2002. Official statement, 2007-08-07, Official statement, 2007-08-10, Official statement, 2007-08-17. August 7, 2007 5.25% 6.25% 10–0

  5. 10 charts that tell the story of markets and the economy in ...

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    The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by 25 basis points to a range of 4.25%-4.5% at its final meeting of the year and signaled it would slow down the pace of its cuts after slashing interest ...

  6. Mortgage and refinance rates for Dec. 17, 2024: Average rates ...

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    At the conclusion of its seventh and penultimate rate-setting policy meeting of 2024 on November 7, 2024, the Federal Reserve announced it was lowering the federal funds target interest rate by 25 ...

  7. Federal Reserve Economic Data - Wikipedia

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    The economic data published on FRED are widely reported in the media and play a key role in financial markets. In a 2012 Business Insider article titled "The Most Amazing Economics Website in the World", Joe Weisenthal quoted Paul Krugman as saying: "I think just about everyone doing short-order research — trying to make sense of economic issues in more or less real time — has become a ...

  8. Why Did the Stock Market Crash After the Fed Cut Interest ...

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    On Dec. 18, the U.S. Federal Reserve concluded its final policy meeting for 2024. There was a broad consensus among experts that the central bank would cut the federal funds rate (overnight ...

  9. U.S. Dollar Index - Wikipedia

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    Interest rate lowered. 1976: 104.56: Jimmy Carter elected president. 1976 sterling crisis [7] 1977: 96.44: Effective Federal Funds Rate goes below 5%. 1978: 86.50: Fed raised rate to 20% to stop inflation. 1979: 85.82: 1979 oil crisis takes place. 1980: 90.39: Ronald Reagan elected president after a recession began during Carter's last year as ...