Sentences with phrase «target federal funds rate»

The rate on required reserves will be set equal to the average target federal funds rate over the reserve maintenance period.

But it does target the Federal Funds Rate, which trickles up, affecting the Prime Rate, and eventually other short - term interest rates, like your HELOC.

The Federal Reserve raised its target federal funds rate by 0.25 percent on Dec. 16, the first such hike since 2006.

The first was that market participants attributed the narrowing of spreads between short - and long - term securities to the anticipated continuing rise in the FOMC's target federal funds rate and the belief that the Treasury would increasingly concentrate its issuance of new securities to the short end of the curve.

In addition to targeting the federal funds rate and using open market operations, the Fed also has other tools to influence monetary policy.

In recent years, the Fed has maintained its target federal funds rate at the lowest it can go — from.25 percent to.75 percent.

The 25 - basis - point (bps) increase to the target federal funds rate was widely anticipated.

Historically, the Federal Reserve has used OMOs to adjust the supply of reserve balances so as to keep the federal funds rate around the target federal funds rate established by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).

In addition to targeting the federal funds rate and using open market operations, the Fed also has other tools to influence monetary policy.

In recent years, the Fed has maintained its target federal funds rate at the lowest it can go — from.25 percent to.75 percent.

Effective December 14 2017 the US Federal Reserve announced an increase in the Target Federal Funds rate, therefore raising the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate from 4.25 % to 4.5 %.

The US Federal Reserve announced December 14th 2016 an increase in the Target Federal funds rate and therefore the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate has increased from 3.5 % to 3.75 %.

The US Federal Reserve announced March 16 2017 an increase in the Target Federal funds rate and therefore the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate has increased from 3.75 % to 4 %.

The US Federal Reserve announced June 15 2017 an increase in the Target Federal funds rate and therefore the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate has increased from 4 % to 4.25 %.

Effective March 22, 2018 the US Federal Reserve announced an increase in the Target Federal Funds rate, therefore raising the Wall Street Journal Prime Rate from 4.5 % to 4.75 %.

According to rate projections from the Fed's June board meeting, a majority of board members believe that the target federal funds rate will increase from the current 0 to 0.25 percent level in 2015.

All of this stress has led to a near - constant murmur in financial commentary about when the U.S. Federal Reserve might officially raise the target federal funds rate for the first time since December 2008.

The FOMC normally uses Open Market Operations first when trying to hit a target federal funds rate.

The FOMC enacts its monetary policy by setting a target federal funds rate and then implementing OMO, discount rate, or reserve requirement strategies to move the current federal funds rate to target levels.

The Federal Reserve (often referred to as «The Fed») implements monetary policy largely by targeting the federal funds rate.

Further, if the incremental increases in core inflation come along at the same time as the unemployment rate declines below 6 %, which we expect to happen in the second half of 2014, then the probabilities increase for the Fed to raise its target federal funds rate sooner rather than later in 2015.

The Committee currently anticipates that, even after employment and inflation are near mandate - consistent levels, economic conditions may, for some time, warrant keeping the target federal funds rate below levels the Committee views as normal in the longer run.

Fixed - income results reflected the Fed's move to raise the target federal funds rate by 0.25 % in December.

That was the message from last week's FOMC meeting when the Federal Reserve maintained the target Federal Funds rate between 0.00 % to 0.25 % and reiterated that the «exceptionally low» rate would persist for «an extended period».

But as the labor market and overall economy improves, the Fed is likely to bump their target federal funds rate again in the near future.

As anticipated, the Federal Reserve raised its target federal funds rate on Wednesday to a range of 0.25 to 0.5 percent, the first increase in nearly a decade.

The Federal Reserve continues to remind the financial markets that it plans to raise its target federal funds rate this year, which will cause mortgage rates to rise.

In a widely anticipated move, the Federal Reserve increased interest rates at its March FOMC meeting, moving the targeted Federal Funds rate up 25 basis points to the 0.75 % — 1.00 % range.

The 25 - basis - point (bps) increase to the target federal funds rate was widely anticipated.