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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 0.50 percentage points
The Federal Reserve has announced a cut to interest rates by 0.50 percentage points. This is the first cut to its benchmark interest rate since March 2020. CBS News business analyst Jill ...21 hours ago - Federal Reserve -
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Fed chair Jerome Powell says US interest rate cut has nothing to do with election – business live
Powell rejects accusations that timing of rate cut is political and adds US labor market is ‘at a strong place’. What does a Federal Reserve interest rate cut mean for you? Despite fears of a ...19 hours ago - Federal Reserve -
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Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for 1st time since 2020
"The time has come for policy to adjust," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said last month.20 hours ago - Federal Reserve -
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Federal Reserve enacts first rate cut since 2020
The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates by half a percentage point Wednesday, more than expected. It's the first rate cut since the pandemic in 2020, and the largest cut since the 2008 financial ...15 hours ago - Federal Reserve -
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The Fed should ignore Elizabeth Warren’s call to cut rates by 0.75 percentage points
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has managed to bring inflation back under control — after some early mistakes — by ignoring the easy-money caucus in Washington and Wall Street.Yesterday - Federal Reserve -
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Bitcoin and crypto stocks rise after the Fed cuts rates by half a percentage point
Cryptocurrencies rose during a broad market rally Thursday, one day after the Federal Reserve delivered a large interest rate cut.55 minutes ago - Crypto -
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Stocks surge a day after Federal Reserve's first rate cut since 2020
Investors buoyed by Fed's outsized rate cut and data showing the U.S. economy remains on solid ground.47 minutes ago -
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Emboldened Fed lowers interest rates by half-point
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points Wednesday, the central bank’s first rate reduction following a two-and-a-half year crusade against inflation that raged in the wake of the ...21 hours ago - Federal Reserve
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