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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Logan Mohtashami on jobs data and the bond market
Dec 06, 2021Today’s HousingWire Daily continues the Rundown miniseries, hosted by HousingWire’s Editor-in-Chief Sarah Wheeler and Lead Analyst Logan Mohtashami. In this episode, Mohtashami discusses what the jobs data, changes in the bond market, and the Omicron variant could mean for housing. Mohtashami also explains why he doesn’t expect mortgage rates to rise in 2022, and why […]
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WSJ: Biden Eyes Cordray for Top Fed Banking Regulator Post
Nov 30, 2021 -
Second term for Powell, Brainard to be Fed vice chair
Nov 22, 2021 -
Mortgage rates decline to 3.09%
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As rate hikes loom, UWM rolls out jumbo ARMs
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Federal Reserve tapers asset purchases
Nov 03, 2021 -
CFPB Joins Interagency Statement on Managing LIBOR Transition
Oct 21, 2021 -
Mortgage loan-trading platforms prepare for fall in volume
Oct 19, 2021 -
Federal Reserve’s ‘tapering’ plan will open up space in the secondary market
Oct 15, 2021 -
Fannie Mae: Mortgage rates and home prices will rise in ’22
Oct 15, 2021 -
Old National Bank sued for alleged redlining practices
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Mortgage rates finally eclipse the 3% mark
Sep 30, 2021
