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Federal Reserve Sees An Increase in Uncertainty Around Unemployment and Inflation, Ends May 2025 Meeting Holding Fed Funds Rate at 4.25%/4.50%
In spite of significant pressure from the President to lower interest rates, the Federal Reserve has held interest rates at a 4.25% to 4.50% target at its May 2025 meeting.. The Fed is stuck because it sees inceased risks on both sides... Read →
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Federal Reserve Holds Target at 4.25% to 4.50% at Its March 2025 Meeting
The Federal Reserve's meeting concluded today with the Fed continue to maintain its target rate at 4.25 to 4.50%. In the Fed's statement, it cites significant progress in getting inflation to its 2% target, but still remains... Read →
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Federal Reserve Maintains Funds Rate at 4.25% to 4.50% at January 2025 Meeting
The Federal Reserve ended its January 2025 meeting without changing the Federal Funds target rate or providing much more guidance for the direction for the rest of the year. In its unanimous statement, the Fed says that the economic... Read →
Fed Cuts Funds Rate to A 4.25/4.50% Target and Guides to Slowing Cuts in 2025
As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee has ended its December 2024 meeting by cutting the Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points to a 4.25% to 4.50% target. The Fed's decision follows a 50 basis point cut in September and a 25 basis... Read →
Federal Reserve Moves Fed Funds Rate Down by 25 Basis Points to a 4.50%-4.75% Range
The Federal Reserve has ended its November 2024 meeting with a 25 basis points cut. This cut follows 50 basis point cut in September and the Fed Funds rate now sits 75 basis points below its 5.25 to 5.50% range which marked the high for... Read →
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Federal Reserve Unveils 50 Basis Point Cut: Fed Funds Target Now at 4.75 to 5.00%
The Federal Reserve acted as expected to lower the benchmark Fed funds rate for the first time in this cycle. Market observers had fully expected a rate cut going into the September 2024 meeting, but had been divided between a 1/4 point and... Read →
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July 2024 Fed Meeting Ends With The Fed Funds Rate Still At 5.25% to 5.50%, But Treasury Yields Move Sharply Lower
The Federal Reserve ended its July meeting by issuing a statement that adjusted its rate stance. Whereas the Fed had previously indicated that it was principally biased towards fighting inflation, its new statement indicates that there has... Read →
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Fed Ends July 2024 Meeting and Remains Unwilling to Lower Rates
The Federal Reserve has finished its June 2024 meeting, leaving interest rates at a 5.25% to 5.50% target. While recent CPI numbers show that the pace of inflation has declined, the Fed is concerned that more progress needs to... Read →
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Why Would the Federal Reserve Lower Interest Rates Now?
Market expectations as we began 2024 were that the Fed would lower interest rates several times this year (beginning early in the year). Instead, inflation measures for January and February were elevated and the Fed has maintained the... Read →
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Some Common Misperceptions About FDIC Insurance
I speak with lots of people from many walks of life about the US banking system, about the safety of banks and deposit protection. Virtually everyone is generally familiar with FDIC insurance. Federal Deposit Insurance... Read →
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New FDIC Rules for Trust Accounts Begin Today
The FDIC has implemented new coverage rules that take effect today and only affect trusts accounts that have over $250,000 deposited at a single bank. FDIC rules had previously permitted a single trust account (such as a payable on death... Read →
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Adding a Financial Advisor is Always a Bad Idea, But Especially Now
Unless you are ultra-wealthy, the idea that you or anyone needs a financial advisor is completely obsolete. It is so Twentieth Century. Online banks make both equity and debt markets complete accessible, usually enabling you to trade for... Read →
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Interest Rates Are Headed Down Later in 2024, But Your Savings Account Interest Rate Should Not Have Fallen Yet
At the Fed’s March 2024 meeting Jerome Powell reaffirmed that the Fed is not cutting interest rates until it has further information and continued to guide towards three quarter-point cuts in the Fed Funds rate before the end of... Read →
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The Federal Reserve End March 2024 Meeting Again Holds Interest Rates at 5.25-5.50% Target
The Federal Reserve ended its March meeting leaving interest rates at their current target. The members unanimously indicated that they anticipate three quarter-point rate cuts before the end of 2024. Given that January and February... Read →
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Federal Reserve Maintains Rates at 5.25% to 5.50% Target, Refuses to Guide When It May Cut
The Fed ended its January 2024 FOMC meeting by declining to specify when it may begin lowering the Fed Funds target rate.
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