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.
Latest Posts
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Bank of America Looking to Buy Countrywide; Ah, the Irony
Jan 10, 2008 -
Fed Proposes New Subprime Lending Rules
Dec 18, 2007 -
Morgan Stanley’s Roach: Recession Imminent, Blames Fed
Dec 18, 2007 -
Fed to Tighten Lending Standards, Will Seek to Limit Prepayment Penalties
Dec 17, 2007 -
More on the “R” Word; It’s Becoming a Chorus
Dec 14, 2007 -
Rate Cut Leaves Investors Wanting More; Mortgage Industry Stocks Take a Beating
Dec 11, 2007 -
Schumer: Feds Need to Investigate Countrywide’s FHLB Advances
Nov 26, 2007 -
Bernanke Surprise: An Explicit Government Guarantee for Jumbo Mortgages?
Nov 08, 2007 -
WSJ: Fed Injects $41 Billion in Liquidity
Nov 02, 2007 -
Merrill Lynch’s Rosenberg: “The Fed is Too Late”
Oct 29, 2007 -
NetBank Folds on Subprime Trouble: Biggest Bank Failure Since S&L Crisis
Sep 28, 2007
