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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Fed’s Rosengren: Get Bad Assets off Bank Books
Mar 02, 2009Gaining insight from the banking crisis in Japan a decade ago, the United States should immediately remove troubled assets off bank balance sheets, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said Monday. “Banks with troubled assets focus on avoiding further losses and further depleting capital,” Boston Fed chief Eric Rosengren told a conference of international bankers. “Troubled banks in Japan were often more supportive of problem borrowers than borrowers who had good prospects going forward. Focusing on future growth requires removing the problem assets.”
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Fed Issues Cease and Desist Against FSB Bancorp
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AIG to Restructure, Receive Up to $30B More From Treasury
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For Fed, Record Purchase Week of $25B MBS
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First and Foremost, Stabilize Banks: Bernanke
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Fisher Backs Fed Purchases of Long-term Securities
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Fed’s Ginnie MBS Purchases Decline
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Asian Investors Hold Out for Explicit Guarantee on GSEs
Feb 20, 2009
