Sentences with phrase «benchmark federal funds rate»

The Federal Reserve Board again held off raising its benchmark federal funds rate on Thursday, citing less than desirable economic circumstances.

In her first public comments in two months, Yellen said the economy was improving to the point that policymakers soon could nudge up the benchmark federal funds rate for the first time since December.

When the Federal Reserve raises its benchmark Federal Funds Rate — as it did on June 14 by a quarter - point — attention tends to focus on interest - rate increases on debt and future borrowing.

According to CME Group's Fed Watch tool, traders are pricing in a roughly 80 percent chance that the Fed announces a 0.25 percent hike to the benchmark federal funds rate on Wednesday afternoon.

When the Federal Reserve raises its benchmark Federal Funds Rate — as it did on June 14 by a quarter - point — attention tends to focus on... Read More

The benchmark federal funds rate has been near zero since late 2008.

Tomorrow the Federal Reserve is expected to raise its benchmark Federal Funds rate by 25 basis points — the first increase in seven years.

«What it basically does is it prolongs the period at which investors feel comfortable that the Fed will stay at 25 basis points [in the benchmark Federal funds rate] I mean, if they were going to raise the Fed funds rate, they would stop this quantitative easing before they did that.

«The Federal Reserve also signaled that, despite the positive economic news, it would take a balanced approach to removing policy accommodation that has kept the benchmark federal funds rate near zero since 2008,» Sibson and Segal Rogerscasey said.

With inflation ticking higher and the employment situation improving, the Federal Reserve anticipates gradually lifting the benchmark federal funds rate in 2017 and 2018.1 Officials are also discussing plans to shrink the Fed's huge bond portfolio ($ 4.5 trillion).

At its December 2017 meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee signaled its intention to raise the benchmark federal funds rate three times in 2018, bringing it up to a range of 2.0 % to 2.25 %.

«I am of the view the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates sooner, because rents, a major component of consumer price inflation, [are] rising strongly,» he said, predicting that the central bank could raise the benchmark Federal Funds rate as early as next April.

Citing a strengthening labor market, moderate economic growth and increasing inflation, the Federal Reserve raised the target range for the benchmark federal funds rate from 0.75 percent to 1.0 percent on Wednesday.

On the shorter end of the yield curve, the benchmark federal funds rate is also likely to move higher once the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meets on December 13 and 14.