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Federal funds rate
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.28 percent when the Fed officially signaled in its December 2021 dot plot that it planned to raise interest rates in the upcoming year.
As of Aug. 9, the FOMC’s target federal funds rate range is 5.25% to 5.50%. The effective federal funds rate at which banks make overnight loans is 5.33%.
The Federal Open Market Committee action known as Operation Twist (named for the twist dance craze of the time [1]) began in 1961. The intent was to flatten the yield curve in order to promote capital inflows and strengthen the dollar. The Fed utilized open market operations to shorten the maturity of public debt in the open market.
U.S. prime rate
At the conclusion of its third rate-setting policy meeting of the year on May 1, 2024, the Federal Reserve left the federal funds target interest rate at a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.50%, marking ...
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