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Fed cut interest rates

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Why Fed rate cuts aren't making mortgages cheaper

Federal Reserve policies can have a dramatic effect on the cost of mortgage financing. For example, the central bank took interest rates to historic lows in the pandemic and bought mortgage-backed securities at a massive scale.

Investopedia · 2h

Thought the Fed’s Cut Would Push CD Rates Down? Believe It or Not, Some Are Higher Now

The best CD rates didn't just hold firm this week—some even improved. That means you can still snag as much as 5.50% for a short term or in the mid-4% range for longer.

Fed policymakers see slower rate-cut path next year

San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary Daly on Friday said the decision by the U.S. central bank to lower interest rates on Wednesday by another quarter percentage point was a "close call," adding she agreed with Chair Jerome Powell that caution is now warranted toward further policy adjustments.

Fed Is Losing the Inflation Battle

The Washington Post on MSN · 2h

The Fed begins to weigh how Trump policies could fuel inflation

The Federal Reserve is starting to contend with how President-elect Donald Trump and his ambitious policies could influence inflation in 2025.

CNN on MSN · 22h

The Fed’s go-to inflation gauge ticked up less than expected last month

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge moved slightly higher in November — but not as much as economists were expecting, an indication that price hikes aren’t accelerating in a worrisome fashion.

The Fed Is Losing the Inflation Battle as Trump 2.0 Looms

Fed chair Jerome Powell says inflation and interest rates will be higher next year than previously thought. If anyone should know where inflation’s headed, it’s the Federal Reserve. Yet this week’s meeting underscored the opposite: Policymakers are less certain than ever and they don’t exactly know how to prevent prices from roaring back.

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Fed Reverse Repo Facility Balances Sink Below $100 Billion

The amount of money investors park at a major Federal Reserve facility dropped below $100 billion for the first time since ...

17h

Exclusive: Fed's Barr seeks legal advice amid speculation Trump might remove him, sources say

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr has sought legal advice to explore his options against any attempts ...

20hon MSN

Key Fed inflation measure shows 2.4% rate in November, lower than expected

Prices barely moved in November but still held higher than the Federal Reserve’s target when looked at from a year ago, ...

18h

The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Measure Sped Up in November

The Personal Consumption Expenditures index climbed 2.4 percent from a year earlier, though the report’s details were more ...

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The Fed cut rates again — but don’t expect your credit-card APR to get much lower anytime soon. Here’s why.

Interest-rate cuts are supposed to lower borrowing costs, but that’s not necessarily happening for credit-card users.

15hon MSN

There's an unusual amount of policy uncertainty now, says Fmr. Fed President Eric Rosengren

Eric Rosengren, Former Boston Fed President, joins 'Closing Bell: Overtime' to discuss the Fed, PCE and the macro environment ...

16h

Stock market today: Dow soars 498 points as stocks bounce back from Fed-fueled plunge

A cooler-than-expected PCE print for the month of November has Fed president Austan Goolsbee encouraged about future interest ...

19h

Cryptocurrencies Bitcoin, XRP, and Shiba Inu are rebounding after the Fed's hawkish pivot

Some may have seen Powell's comments as handing the market a lump of coal for Christmas. But the Fed's new projections should ...

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