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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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Viewpoint: Like Us, Whitney Sees Risks in FedÕ MBS Exit
Nov 04, 2009HousingWire readers have already been reminded on a number of occasions that the Federal Reserve dominates the agency/GSE MBS market (and has since the purchase plan was announced almost a year ago) and that banks and would-be mortgage borrowers are first in line to be whacked when the Fed exits the MBS market. So I was thrilled yesterday when celebrated bank analyst Meredith Whitney put out an industry note that zeroes in on the Fed’s MBS purchase program; She calls the “Great Exit” the biggest market and bank risk over the next four months.
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MBS Analysts Watch FedÕ Every Trade
Oct 26, 2009 -
VIEWPOINT: The Wrong Way to Think About the Fate of the GSEs
Sep 17, 2009 -
Chesapeake Prices Offering for Potential TALF Participation
Sep 03, 2009 -
NY Fed’s Dudley Calls Exit Plan Talks ‘Very Premature’
Aug 31, 2009 -
Fannie Mae Issuance Falls 39% in July
Aug 28, 2009 -
Richmond Fed’s Lacker Evaluates Effect of MBS Purchases
Aug 27, 2009 -
Regulators Propose Accounting Changes as ‘Problem’ Banks Grow
Aug 27, 2009 -
FDIC Loosens Capital Requirements for Private Capital Acquisitions
Aug 27, 2009 -
Monday Morning Cup of Coffee
Aug 24, 2009 -
Bernanke Sees Deeper Recession Without Intervention
Aug 21, 2009
