Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve started a rate-cutting cycle on Sept. 18, 2025, lowering its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points (bps) to a range of 4.75% to 5%. The cut was the first since March 2020 after the Fed raised interest rates to a 23-year high point to cool the economy and quell inflation. The Fed cut rates two more times in 2024, each by 25 basis points. It has not cut interest rates so far in 2025.
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Banks Need to Lend, Says White House
Oct 28, 2008Let’s back up a little bit: first there was the $700 billion in the U.S. Treasury’s Troubled Asset Resolution Program, or TARP. The idea, at the outset, was to clear bad assets off of bank balance sheets and enable to them to focus on moving forward. The program took a twist roughly a week ago, and has since seen a good chunk of its funding put directly towards recapitalizing banks — with the idea that banks would in turn start lending.
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Greenspan Admits Errors, “Shocked Disbelief”
Oct 24, 2008 -
Bear Stearns Assets Lose $2.7 Billion; Taxpayers on Hook
Oct 24, 2008 -
NY Banking Regulator Calls for Treasury’s Help in Loan Modifications
Oct 23, 2008 -
Fed Makes Even More Moves in Effort to Stimulate Economy
Oct 23, 2008 -
Fed’s Yellen: “A Fog of Confusion”
Oct 15, 2008 -
FDIC to Insure New Bank Debt, as Bailout Net Widens
Oct 14, 2008 -
Fed Backs Wells’ Merge With Wachovia
Oct 13, 2008 -
Mortgage REIT Insider: Commercial mREITs Take 1-2 Punch
Oct 10, 2008 -
AIG: More Money, Please
Oct 09, 2008 -
Treasury to ‘Inject Capital’ into Banks
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Fed Cuts Rate in Global Coordination
Oct 08, 2008
