Fed Announces Big Rate Cut - The New York Times
WEB4 days ago · The Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Wednesday by half a percentage point. Here are some takeaways from the decision and from remarks by the Fed chair, Jerome H. Powell. The Fed’s decision ...
Fed Cuts Interest Rates for First Time in Four Years - The New …
WEB4 days ago · Fed officials predicted that they would cut interest rates to 4.4 percent by the end of the year — much lower than the 5.1 percent they had been expecting in June, when they last released ...
The Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for first time since 2020
WEB4 days ago · Inflation is slowing — but so is the job market. The rate cut on Wednesday comes as the annual inflation rate has fallen sharply, to 2.5% last month, from a peak of 9.1% in June 2022. “We’re ...
Fed cuts interest rates by 50 basis points - USA TODAY
WEB4 days ago · After today’s meeting, the Federal Reserve has two more opportunities to consider interest rate moves in 2024. The remaining Fed meetings planned for 2024 are scheduled for Nov. 6-7 and Dec. 17 ...
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 ...
What you should know after the Fed cut rates | AP News
WEB4 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 ...
What Fed Interest Rate Cuts Means for Mortgages, Car Loans and …
WEB5 days ago · The moment consumers have been waiting for is finally here: The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point Wednesday. The rate now stands at about 4.9 percent, and some ...
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...
Federal Reserve lowers interest rates by 0.50 percentage ... - CBS News
WEB3 days ago · The Fed said the cut lowers the federal funds rate into a range of 4.75% to 5%, down from its prior range of 5.25% to 5.5%, which had been its highest level in 23 years. The half-point move ...
The Fed's biggest interest rate call in years happens Wednesday.
WEB5 days ago · The FOMC has been holding its benchmark fed funds rate in a range between 5.25%-5.5% since it last hiked in July 2023. That's the highest it's been in 23 years and has held there despite the Fed's ...