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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Subprime Victim: JPMorgan to Acquire Bear Stearns in Fire Sale
Mar 16, 2008Bear Stearns, hit hard by a cash crunch and bailed out Friday via a historic arrangement with the Federal Reserve and JP Morgan Chase & Co., will no longer stand on its own. JPMorgan said in a press statement released late Sunday evening that the beleaguered investment bank will be acquired for a mere $2 per share as part of a stock-swap deal.
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Federal Reserve Moves to Bolster Liquidity; Will Take AAA-Rated Subprime RMBS as Collateral
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Ross on ‘Fake AAAs’ and Bank Failures
Mar 10, 2008 -
Fed Chief Says Lenders Need to Write Off Mortgage Principal
Mar 04, 2008 -
Is the Fed Powerless Amid Housing Downturn?
Feb 20, 2008 -
Paulson On Securitization: SEC to Reassess ‘Rules of the Road’
Feb 14, 2008 -
Fed’s Yellen Warns of ‘Negative Feedback Loop’
Feb 13, 2008 -
Mortgage Rates Sit Tight, Remain Flat
Feb 07, 2008 -
Revenge of the Nerds: QSPEs an Endangered Species
Feb 06, 2008 -
Clayton, Experian Announce Partnership; Will Focus on Streamlined Loan Mods
Feb 05, 2008 -
Fed’s Krozner: Servicers Need to Step Up to the Plate
Feb 04, 2008
