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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Yellen hints that September interest rate hike not off the books
Aug 26, 2016Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen gave a speech today that hinted that a September rate hike if current market conditions continue. Some experts, however, aren’t convinced, and place more confidence in a December rate hike.
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Federal Reserve: Mortgage debt rises to 4-year high
May 24, 2016 -
Trump: If I win, Yellen’s days at the Fed will be numbered
Apr 20, 2016 -
Fed Beige Book: Economic activity expanded in March, housing results mixed
Apr 13, 2016 -
Five major banks fail bailout test, would need taxpayer money in crisis
Apr 13, 2016 -
Fed’s Kashkari: Time to end ‘too big to fail’
Feb 16, 2016 -
Financial purge: Big bank stocks plunge
Feb 11, 2016 -
Want to be the chair of the Federal Reserve? HereÕ your chance [Quiz]
Dec 31, 2015 -
Bernie Sanders: Fed’s decision to raise interest rates is a disaster
Dec 23, 2015 -
Fed adopts new rule limiting ‘too big to fail’ bailouts
Nov 30, 2015 -
Feds announce 2016 threshold for smaller, ‘higher-priced’ loan appraisal exemption
Nov 25, 2015 -
Here’s everything the GOP candidates said about housing in the fourth debate
Nov 10, 2015
