Associated PressFebruary 18, 2022
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Expectations see the Fed raising short-term interest rates for first time since 2018.
Tag: interest rates
Associated PressFebruary 18, 2022Associated PressDecember 15, 2021
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With inflation pressures rising, the Fed sees the need to tighten credit sooner than expected.
Associated PressAugust 27, 2021
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Inflation has put the Fed’s interest rate policies under scrutiny.
Associated PressJune 21, 2021
8min831
Jason Furman served under Barack Obama as Council of Economic Advisers Chairman.
Associated PressApril 28, 2021
7min1204
The short-term interest rate has been near zero since the the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Associated PressSeptember 16, 2020
6min280
The Fed hopes to push inflation over 2% and sustain that for a while.
Associated PressMarch 15, 2020
15min378
Steven Mnuchin also said he did not think the economy is yet in recession.
Associated PressMarch 3, 2020
6min237
COVID-19 continues to impact financial markets.
Staff ReportsDecember 24, 2018
3min307
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced a $68 million, 40-state settlement with UBS for “fraudulent conduct involving the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate,” or LIBOR, according to a press release. LIBOR is a benchmark interest rate that affects financial instruments worth trillions of dollars and has a far-reaching impact on global markets and consumers, […]
Scott PowersJuly 5, 2017
4min194
With students paying varying interest rates on student loans and many overwhelmed with debt, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson said he is introducing legislation to lock in relatively low rates. Nelson argued student loans as a major economic concern, both from the numbers of students struggling to pay, and for the prospect that low […]