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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Senate Banking Democrats urge FHFA to allow more refis
Apr 02, 2012All 12 Democrats on the Senate Banking Committee urged the Federal Housing Finance Agency to remove even more restrictions to refinancing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac…
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Cordray: Adding leeway to LO comp rule ‘sounds sensible’
Mar 29, 2012 -
Smarter than a congressman: College students ask Bernanke better questions
Mar 27, 2012 -
Plosser: Fed overstepped in buying mortgage-backed securities
Mar 26, 2012 -
Bernanke discusses the long-term unemployment puzzle
Mar 26, 2012 -
Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Pending sales, Case-Shiller and bank closures
Mar 25, 2012 -
Negative equity gap nears $4 trillion
Mar 23, 2012 -
Mortgage rates surpass 4% for first time since October
Mar 22, 2012 -
Fed rate policy is blocking private-label recovery: Whalen
Mar 22, 2012 -
Dallas Fed: Dodd-Frank fails to end ‘too big to fail’
Mar 21, 2012 -
Federal Reserve banks report income loss in 2011
Mar 20, 2012
