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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FDIC Steps in on Fremont, Again; Gives Bank 60 Days to Capitalize
Mar 28, 2008Troubled bank and mortgage lender Fremont General said on Friday that Federal regulators had stepped in and given it 60 days to raise additional capital, or face a forced sale. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a so-called Supervisory Prompt Corrective Action Directive to Fremont General and to Fremont General Credit Corporation, the company said, requiring the bank to take immediate steps to recapitalize.
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Surprise! Mortgage Rates Hold Steady
Mar 27, 2008 -
Mortgage Applications Shoot Upward as Refis Rebound Strongly
Mar 26, 2008 -
Falling Rates Help Borrowers, But For How Long?
Mar 25, 2008 -
Clinton: Get Greenspan Working on this Mess, Stat
Mar 24, 2008 -
Did the Fed bend its own rules by bailing out Bear Stearns?
Mar 21, 2008 -
Mortgage Rates Swoon Amid Market Uncertainty
Mar 20, 2008 -
Fed Drops Main Rate to 2.25 Percent; Markets Move Higher
Mar 18, 2008 -
Stocks Rally on Speculation of Possible Historic Fed Rate Cut, But How Far Can the Fed Go?
Mar 18, 2008 -
Viewpoint: Bear Stearns and a Crisis Averted — But For How Long?
Mar 18, 2008 -
Lehman Battered, Despite Touting $2 Billion Facility Replacement
Mar 17, 2008 -
On Heels of Bear Stearns’ Swan Song, Fed Moves for More Liquidity
Mar 17, 2008
