Fed Funds Rate

How Cutting The Fed Funds Rate Helps The U.S. Economy

The Fed Should Get More Precise, Like My KitchenAid Mixer

How Fed Funds Rate Cuts Lead To Inflation And Higher Mortgage Rates

With Another Rate Cut, The Federal Reserve May Be The Proverbial "Fool In The Shower"

In a surprise move yesterday, the Federal Reserve cut the benchmark Fed Funds Rate by three-quarters of a percent. Mortgage rates fell only slightly as the surprise quickly wore off. To understand how the element of surprise works in mortgage...

In June 2004, the Federal Reserve started a string of 17 consecutive rates hikes that lifted the Fed Funds Rate to 5.250%. This caused Prime Rate to rise, too, because Prime Rate is always three percentage points higher than the...