Article: Fed keeps federal funds rate unchanged

Article: Bank of Israel leaves interest rate unchanged: The ...
Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel);  August 28, 2006 ;     618 words ... ... s interest-rate rise last month, and the US Federal Reserve's most recent decision to leave its federal funds rate unchanged allow a differential between these rates of 25 basis points, which is a further boost to the stability of the ...

Article: Munis End Weaker; Fed Funds Rate Unchanged ...
The Bond Buyer;  September 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... Market Committee held the federal funds rate unchanged at 2%, while participants continued ... The FOMC held the federal funds rate target unchanged yesterday at ... obviously reluctant to cut the funds rate," added Jim O'Sullivan ...

Article: Announcements.(Federal Open Market Committee keeps federal ...
Federal Reserve Bulletin;  January 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... DIRECTIVE The Federal Open Market Committee decided on December 10, 2002, to keep its target for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1 1/4 percent. The Committee continues to believe that this accommodative stance of monetary policy, coupled ...

Article: Fed rate unchanged, new capital injected; Fed to ...
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  March 19, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The Federal Reserve says it will deploy an additional $1.2 trillion (U.S.) to try to lower interest rates and stimulate the economy. The central bank will increase its purchases of mortgage-backed securities by $750 billion, on top of a previously announced $500 billion. It also will double its

Article: Yield Indexes Drop as Fed Leaves Funds Rate ...
The Bond Buyer;  September 19, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Federal Reserve Board to leave the federal funds target rate unchanged. Municipal bond yields on Monday were little changed following ... issue activity, while the Fed left the federal funds target rate unchanged at 1%. Also, the August consumer price index rose 0 ...

Article: Fed leaves funds rate unchanged at 2 percent
AP Online;  August 5, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... was keeping its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each ... Tuesday to leave its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each ... Islands. Many economists believe the funds rate will remain at 2 percent not only in ...

Article: U.S. Fed Reserve leaves funds rate ...
The Record (Kitchener, Ontario);  August 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... announced yesterday that it was keeping its target for the federal funds rate, the interest that banks charge each other, at two per cent ... mortgages. Many economists believe the Fed will leave the funds rate at two per cent for the rest of this year. The hope is that ...