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Federal Reserve Web Site: Federal Funds Rate Historical Data (including the current rate), Monetary Policy, and Open Market Operations; MoneyCafe.com page with Fed Funds Rate and historical chart and graph ; Historical data (since 1954) comparing the US GDP growth rate versus the US Fed Funds Rate - in the form of a chart/graph
The effective federal funds rate over time, through December 2023. This is a list of historical rate actions by the United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The FOMC controls the supply of credit to banks and the sale of treasury securities. The Federal Open Market Committee meets every two months during the fiscal year.
As of Sept. 18, the federal funds rate is 4.75% to 5%. Following its meeting on that date, the FOMC cut the rate by 0.50%, from 5.25% to 5.50%. It was the first rate reduction since March 2020.
An overnight indexed swap (OIS) is an interest rate swap (IRS) over some given term, e.g. 10Y, where the periodic fixed payments are tied to a given fixed rate while the periodic floating payments are tied to a floating rate calculated from a daily compounded overnight rate over the floating coupon period.
The fed funds rate began the decade at a target level of 14 percent in January 1980. By the time officials concluded a conference call on Dec. 5, 1980, they hiked the target range by 2 percentage ...
Unemployment rose to a recession peak of 7.8% in June 1980, however, it changed very little through the end of the year, averaging 7.5% through the first quarter of 1981. [8] The official end of the recession was established as of July 1980. [1] As interest rates dropped beginning in May, payrolls turned positive.
The Federal Reserve held its benchmark rate steady at its first policy meeting of 2025 as it takes a pause after 2024’s three rate cuts, which included a half-point reduction in September and ...
Federal funds effective rate Note The daily effective federal funds rate is a weighted average of rates on brokered trades. Weekly figures are averages of 7 calendar days ending on Wednesday of the current week; monthly figures include each calendar day in the month. Annualized using a 360-day year or bank interest.