Sentences with phrase «cut fed funds»

The FOMC can't cut the Fed funds rate anymore, so it relies on language in its FOMC Statement to tell economic actors that Fed funds will be «exceptionally low» for an «extended period.»

The Federal Reserve voted to cut the fed funds rate (short - term interest rates) by a half - percentage point to 4.75 percent.

It was the first time the central bank had cut the fed funds rate since June 2003.

There are many calling for the FOMC to cut the Fed funds rate.

If the FOMC cut the Fed funds rate to 3 %, that might normalize things, but for now they will be content with half measures like temporary injections of liquidity.

This has of course not kept a Fed economist from concluding in mid 2009 that the Fed's past policy stance as well as the «rules» would theoretically require the Fed to cut the Fed Funds rate well below zero (pdf).

In the US, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) cut the Fed funds target by 25 basis points to 1 per cent at its meeting in late June.

In contrast, the FOMC successively cut the Fed Funds rate in attempts to avoid recession in 2000 - 2002 and 1981 - 1982.

If I was Greenspan, I would at least cut the Fed Funds target by a quarter at about 10:15 A.M. on Monday, giving the markets just enough time to digest any initial sell orders and providing something of a base from which to rally.

That will be tricky given that 10 - year Treasuries currently yield below 2.20 per cent and this would decline precipitously with a recession and any move to cut Fed funds.

Fed Governor Plosser suggests that they have other tools they can use, without cutting the Fed funds rate.

Not exact matches

Fed Funds futures are still suggesting the next Fed policy change is a cut in rates.

Historically, the Fed has responded to recession by cutting rates substantially, with the benchmark funds rate falling by 400 basis points or more in the context of downturns over the past two generations.

Let's not forget, Sept 2008 as Lehman and AIG were collapsing the Fed funds rate was still at 2 %, only to be cut a few weeks later.

The Fed hopes the nearly unprecedented 1.25 percent cut in the funds rate in just eight days — lowering it to 3 percent — will ease pressure on upcoming hikes in adjustable rate mortgages.

Yes, Sector 7, and in the same vein, how are you pro-life, yet want to cut funding that will support, feed, and educate disadvantaged children.

The first is that there should be financial support for the National Infant Feeding Network, which I understand had its funding cut in 2014.

As funding for education programs face dramatic cuts under some plans, we must work to ensure keeping students well - fed and ready to learn remains a top priority.

Proposals in both the Senate and House would cut funding to SNAP and reduce funding available for poor residents to feed themselves, said Kate Maehr, executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which will release its report Friday.

In a report issued today focusing on the recession's impact on the budgets of New York and New Jersey, the Fed branch also recommended the states create «rainy day» funds to protect against future revenue gaps, plan in advance for spending cuts and reduce reliance on personal income taxes, which are affected by changes in the economy.

The fed - up governor is expected to propose cuts to education and local - government funding in the near future as additional «budget extenders.»

This is feeding the demonisation of people on benefits Disabled people have already suffered the most under this government's cuts to social security — with the failed Work Capability Assessment for Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), the cuts to Disability Living Allowance (DLA), the closure of Remploy and the forthcoming abolition of the Independent Living Fund.

But when people — whether politicians or that guy in your Facebook feed — say they want to cut science funding, they won't be speaking about science as a whole.

Fed up with gaping budget shortfalls, inadequate education funding and insufficient revenue, the Republicancontrolled Legislature capped months of turmoil by overriding the governor's veto of a bill that would undo some of his tax cuts and raise $ 1.2 billion over two years.

The discount rate will do something to help here, but only a cut in Fed funds will get the speculative juices going, for good and for ill.

Off of Fed funds options, the odds of no change are 10 %, odds of a 25 basis point cut are 70 %, and the odds of a 50 basis point cut are 20 %.

My view of the Fed is that they want to drag their feet, because they see inflation rising, so even if Fed funds futures indicate a 75 basis point cut, my current view indicates 50 as more likely, again, with language in the statement that indicates even - handed risks.

Regarding Fed funds, it looks like they will cut 25 basis points on 4/30, but make noises that they are getting close to being done.

In August 2007 the Board of Governors cut the primary discount rate from 6.25 % to 5.75 %, reducing the spread over the fed funds rate from 1 percentage point to 0.5, where it currently sits (from early 2008 to 2010 the spread was 0.25 percentage points).

When the Federal Reserve started cutting its benchmark Fed Funds Rate, savings account rates began suffering.

The Fed's attention is now directed at establishing a safety margin with the Fed funds rate well above zero so that it can cut rates when the next recession arrives.

In 1998, the Fed orchestrated a bailout of the infamous hedge fund, Long - Term Capital Management, and sharply cut interest rates.

A posting on the Inman News blog indicates that National Association of Home Builders expects more short - term rate cuts by the Fed this year, with quarter - point cuts in the federal funds rate at the Fed's Oct. 31 and Dec. 11 meetings.

The NY Fed has left Fed funds on average 6 basis points higher than the target since the emergency cut.

Altogether, inflows into these funds surpassed $ 1.1 trillion since the end of 2008 when the Fed cut rates to zero.

Most of the pressure is toward a lower Fed funds target rate, but given that the Fed has sterilized their prior cuts, I don't see what great good it will do.

Low Quality's Round Trip Bad News Bulls Stock Performance Following the Recognition of Recession The Beginning of the Middle Experimenting with the Market's Median Valuation Anchored Inflation Expectations and the Expected Misery Index Consumer Spending Break - Down Recessions and the Duration of Bad News Price - to - Sales Ratio May Prove Valuable International Markets Show Important Divergences Fixed Investment and the Technology Rally Global Yield Curves, Earnings Growth, and Sector Returns Recessions and Stock Prices Adjusting P / E Ratios for the Market Cycle Private Equity and Market Valuation Must Stocks Rise Following a Cut in the Fed Funds Rate?

Nice, and toss in the commentary that sound like the Fed is taking signals from the TIPS market on inflation, as well as the commentary in the minutes that some members were leaning toward cuts in the Fed funds rate.

As it stands now, I don't put much credibility in a Fed funds rate cut.

So, that leaves me at a 1 % cut in Fed funds tomorrow, with a parallel cut in the now - meaningful discount rate.

After initial confrontations with environmental groups fighting a wave of shrimp farm development that was damaging coastal ecosystems from Asia to the Americas, Thornton, together with Tim Smith, a biologist working for the World Wildlife Fund, refined methods for controlling feed and water that dramatically cut pollution.

The fight must be taken to Congress, where irate taxpayers must convince House members to tie the purse strings and cut all funding to the UN, and to the Fedgov agencies that are feeding the UN beast.

Working with ClimateCare, organisations can fund programmes to quickly and cost effectively cut indoor air pollution by making solar power, efficient stoves and gravity fed water filters affordable for families — reducing the risk of pneumonia, diarrhoea and other diseases.

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.