Fed Meeting Today: Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates in Half-Point Move
Follow live coverage of the Federal Reserve's September policy meeting, including the interest-rate decision, summary of economic projections, and Chairman Jerome Powell's news conference today.
Federal Reserve lowers interest rates by 0.50 percentage points in first cut since 2020
The Fed's decision will lower borrowing costs from a 23-year high as the central bank pivots to shoring up economic growth.
How much will the Fed cut interest rates?
Wondering what’s in store for interest rates? Since July 2023, the Federal Reserve has kept the federal-funds rate at a target range of 5.25% to 5.50%, far above the near-zero levels averaged since the 2008 financial crisis.
Will the Federal Reserve cut interest rates again this year?
By the end of 2024, interest rates will fall nearly another half of a percentage point from their current level of between 4.75% and 5%, according to FOMC projections. Interest rates will drop another percentage point over the course of 2025, the projections further indicated.
Equities close slightly lower, trade choppy after Fed rate cut
U.S. stocks closed with modest losses on Wednesday, well off their intraday highs, after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points, the high side of estimates for its first cut in more than four years.
'Significant moment': US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for first time in years
The United States Federal Reserve has cut interest rates for the first time in four-and-a-half years by half a per cent.
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