All posts tagged "Federal Reserve"
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Fed pledges to keep interest rates low
September 18, 2020The Federal Reserve pledged to support the economic recovery by setting a higher bar to raise interest rates...
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Economic signs point to recovery
September 14, 2020Business and academic economists polled by The Wall Street Journal expect GDP to increase at an annualized...
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Fed warns banks to shore up capital
June 26, 2020The number of workers seeking jobless benefits has held steady at about 1.5 million each week so far...
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Congress calls on Fed to support CMBS market
June 24, 2020A bipartisan group of more than 100 members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration...
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Fed Chairman warns of slow recovery
May 18, 2020Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said in a “60 Minutes” interview that the U.S. economy could take more than a...
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Fed seeks to stabilize credit markets
March 25, 2020The Central Bank unveiled a new generation of lending facilities to prevent a liquidity crunch from turning into...
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Federal Reserve cuts rates
March 4, 2020The Federal Reserve executed an emergency half-percentage-point rate cut and markets slid, reflecting fears the coronavirus epidemic is...
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Interest Rates cut a quarter point
August 4, 2019The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter point earlier this week for the first time in...
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Market expects 25 basis-point cut
July 26, 2019Market participants overwhelmingly expect a 25 basis-point cut from the Fed at this month’s policy meeting on July...
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Jerome Powell confirms rate cut this month
July 14, 2019Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress earlier this week that since its last policy meeting “trade tensions...