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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Did the Fed bend its own rules by bailing out Bear Stearns?
Mar 21, 2008A thought-provoking story at Bloomberg notes that the Federal Reserve bypassed the emergency-lending policies in the Federal Reserve Act while helping prevent Bear Stearns from slipping under the waves:
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Mortgage Rates Swoon Amid Market Uncertainty
Mar 20, 2008 -
Fed Drops Main Rate to 2.25 Percent; Markets Move Higher
Mar 18, 2008 -
Stocks Rally on Speculation of Possible Historic Fed Rate Cut, But How Far Can the Fed Go?
Mar 18, 2008 -
Viewpoint: Bear Stearns and a Crisis Averted — But For How Long?
Mar 18, 2008 -
Lehman Battered, Despite Touting $2 Billion Facility Replacement
Mar 17, 2008 -
On Heels of Bear Stearns’ Swan Song, Fed Moves for More Liquidity
Mar 17, 2008 -
Subprime Victim: JPMorgan to Acquire Bear Stearns in Fire Sale
Mar 16, 2008 -
Federal Reserve Moves to Bolster Liquidity; Will Take AAA-Rated Subprime RMBS as Collateral
Mar 11, 2008 -
Ross on ‘Fake AAAs’ and Bank Failures
Mar 10, 2008 -
Fed Chief Says Lenders Need to Write Off Mortgage Principal
Mar 04, 2008
