Article: A Look at Federal Funds Rate

Article: Targeting the fed funds rate. (federal funds ...
Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa);  November 1, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Targeting the Fed funds rate Traders of Chicago Board of Trade ... Fed's policy instruments, the Fed funds rate. But it's not clear the policies ... Fed's target for the overnight "Fed funds rate" runs consistently below the actual ...

Article: FOMC CUTS FED FUNDS RATE
United Press International;  September 29, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... International 09-29-1998 FOMC cuts fed funds rate WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI ... 1996, when it trimmed both the Fed Funds rate to 5.25 percent from 5.50 ... the central bank lifted the Fed Funds rate by a quarter point back on March ...

Article: Fed slashes funds rate once again Stocks ...
Oakland Tribune;  December 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... took a nosedive. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ... trim the federal funds rate by one-quarter ... 652.35. The funds rate affects many other ... businesses and is the Fed's most potent tool ... reduction to the funds rate was opposed by Eric ... point cut. "The Fed's language ...

Article: Fed expected to cut interest rates this week; To defer ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  June 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... beginning in January 2001, the Fed has pushed the funds rate down to 1.25 percent ... or 0.75 percent, the funds rate would reach a level not seen since 1958. The Fed theoretically could cut the funds rate to zero. Many analysts ...

Article: Fed Cuts Funds Rate 0.75 Point
AP Online;  March 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... a percentage point. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ... colleagues have now cut the funds rate six times since last ... opposition inside the Fed to the aggressive moves ... surging energy prices. The funds rate cut quickly triggered ... where it was before the Fed meeting. This rate is ...

Article: Fed leaves funds rate unchanged at 2 percent
AP Online;  August 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... rates unchanged. The Fed announced Tuesday that ... target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks ... financial markets. The Fed is caught between what ... severe credit crisis, the Fed last September launched ... rates. It reduced the funds rate seven times, lowering ...

Article: Fed aggressively cuts funds rate by ...
AP Worldstream;  March 18, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... meeting on Jan. 30. Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ... colleagues have now cut the funds rate six times since last ... opposition inside the Fed to the aggressive moves ... surging energy prices. The funds rate cut quickly triggered ... where it was before the Fed meeting. This rate is ...