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The Federal Reserve's primary means to this end is adjusting the target for the Federal funds rate (FFR) suitably. [4] Changes in the Federal funds rate targets normally affect the interest rates that banks and other lenders charge on loans to firms and households, which will in turn impact private investment and consumption.
A low federal funds rate makes investments in developing countries such as China or Mexico more attractive. A high federal funds rate makes investments outside the United States less attractive. The long period of a very low federal funds rate from 2009 forward resulted in an increase in investment in developing countries.
The Fed’s federal funds archive goes back as far as 1990, which is just a few years after the FOMC began using federal fund rate targets to implement monetary policy.
In an unscheduled meeting on August 17 the Fed "temporarily" reduced the spread between the primary credit rate and the federal funds rate to 50 basis points from the 100-point spread established in January 2002. Official statement, 2007-08-07, Official statement, 2007-08-10, Official statement, 2007-08-17. August 7, 2007 5.25% 6.25% 10–0
There are also funds which are billed as "money market funds", but are not 2a-7 funds (do not meet the requirements of the rule). [23] In addition to 2a-7 eligible securities, these funds invest in Eurodollars and repos ( repurchase agreements ), which are similarly liquid and stable to 2a-7 eligible securities, but are not allowed under the ...
The Federal Open Market Committee was formed by the Banking Act of 1933 (codified at 12 U.S.C. § 263) and did not include voting rights for the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The Banking Act of 1935 revised these protocols to include the Board of Governors and to closely resemble the present-day FOMC and was amended in 1942 to give the ...
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The Fed, which is the central bank of the United States, conducts monetary policy primarily by targeting a certain value for the federal funds rate. If the Fed wishes to move to, for example, a more expansionary monetary policy, it conducts open market operations , which include primarily bank reserves; since this puts more liquidity into the ...