Sentences with phrase «federal funds rate decisions»

Many people are familiar with the FED's monetary policy responsibilities, including the FOMC meetings, Federal Funds Rate decisions, Fed Chair's press conference, as well as various unconventional policies.

Not exact matches

In a unanimous decision, the Committee left the target range for the federal funds rate unchanged at 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 percent.

But even the Federal Reserve watches the 10 - year Treasury yield before making its decision to change the fed funds rate.

Previous analysis illustrated that the 3 - month Treasury Bill rate tracks the federal funds rate and is then sensitive to both actual and expected monetary policy decisions while the yield curve has historically signaled a recession 12 to 18 months into the future.

The Fed noted that its decision reflected «realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation», but that the current level of the federal funds rate remains «accommodative», supporting... Read More»

The U.S. Treasuries gained Thursday, taking cues from the Federal Reserve's overnight decision, where the Fed Funds rate remained unchanged, with expectations of a slightly higher inflationary pressure.

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

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Rate decisions from the Federal Reserve determine the rates lenders will pay to borrow funds from this quasi-private central bank of the United States.

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This week's meeting is less about the official decision on interest rates (it's a virtual lock that they will keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 1.50 % -1.75 %) and more about any wording changes to their written statement.

«We don't expect that (December's) decision by the Federal Reserve to slightly raise the federal funds rate will have a significant adverse impact on the housing market, as rates remain historically low,» BarbaFederal Reserve to slightly raise the federal funds rate will have a significant adverse impact on the housing market, as rates remain historically low,» Barbafederal funds rate will have a significant adverse impact on the housing market, as rates remain historically low,» Barbar said.

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Perhaps the most significant influence on the stock market in January was a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve to hike its federal funds rate on December 16 by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of.25 % to.50 %, the first hike in nearly a Federal Reserve to hike its federal funds rate on December 16 by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of.25 % to.50 %, the first hike in nearly a federal funds rate on December 16 by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of.25 % to.50 %, the first hike in nearly a decade.

The German «federal» system, as practiced in Dresden or Berlin, by which the director - general is responsible for political relations, fund - raising and overall administration but leaves artistic decisions entirely to the directors of individual museums, may provide a model in the long term; at any rate the present system is creaking.

«The Fed's decision to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point puts the federal funds rate at its highest level since 2008.

At the NAR Midwinter Business Meeting in Honolulu, Tuccillo told attendees he wasn't surprised by the Fed's decision to cut the federal funds rate by a quarter point on Jan. 31.

Following a year of significant home price gains, the Fed's decision to increase the federal funds rate, and skyrocketing rental prices, here are seven trends housing market and economic experts are projecting for 2016.

The Fed noted that its decision reflected «realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation», but that the current level of the federal funds rate remains «accommodative», supporting... Read More»

This was partly because of the Federal Reserve's decision to raise the short - term federal funds rate, after holding it near zero for years (along with other faFederal Reserve's decision to raise the short - term federal funds rate, after holding it near zero for years (along with other fafederal funds rate, after holding it near zero for years (along with other factors).

Mortgage rates hit a two and a half year high this week after the Fed announced their expected decision to raise the federal funds rate.

The 30 - year fixed - rate mortgage averaged 3.86 percent this week, dropping lower after the Federal Reserve's decision last week to hold off on raising the Federal funds rate.