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Category Archives: Interest Rates

Emergency Meeting Called by the Fed: Interest Rate Cut

On January 22, the Fed cut the benchmark interest rate by 3/4 of a point (now at 3.5%).  This meeting came a week or so early from the next board meeting on January 29th.  This was partially due to the panic that swept the globe on Monday when all foreign stock markets took a plunge. 
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