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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COVID-19 pandemic delays efforts to transition away from LIBOR, Moody’s says
Jun 30, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed the transition from the London Interbank Offer Rate, or LIBOR, an interest-rate benchmark once known as the world’s most influential number.
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FHFA stretches its foreclosure moratorium
Jun 18, 2020 -
Jobless filings total 1.5 million while the overall tally of unemployed dips
Jun 18, 2020 -
Mortgage rates tumble to another all-time low
Jun 18, 2020 -
Powell urging examiners to go easy on forbearances
Jun 17, 2020 -
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell urges Congress to aid the economy
Jun 17, 2020 -
Economy needs more help from Congress, Powell says
Jun 16, 2020 -
Fannie Mae sees record-low mortgage rates through 2021
Jun 15, 2020 -
Should the Federal Reserve stick with its zero interest-rate policy forever?
Jun 12, 2020 -
Carson voices support for DACA “Dreamers” to qualify for FHA mortgage
Jun 11, 2020 -
Fed pledges to maintain current pace of MBS purchases
Jun 10, 2020 -
Americans’ anxiety about bills dropped in May, Fed survey shows
Jun 09, 2020
