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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More of the same from Bernanke
Feb 02, 2012Today’s commentary from Bernanke said nothing we don’t ready know, and nothing he hadn’t already said.In usual fashion, Bernanke’s speech repeated the notion that growth is…
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Mortgage applications drop 2.9% on Fed’s forecast
Feb 01, 2012 -
Feds remind banks to watch junior liens
Jan 31, 2012 -
Cordray mum on qualified mortgage rule due by this summer
Jan 31, 2012 -
Invictus: 758 banks at risk of failing
Jan 31, 2012 -
Analysts see housing impact on economic recovery as minimal
Jan 30, 2012 -
Fed chair may lay groundwork for QE3 at House hearing: Capital Economics
Jan 30, 2012 -
Closing the door on housing 2011
Jan 25, 2012 -
Pulling housing from the brink
Jan 24, 2012
