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What Is the Federal Funds Rate?
The federal funds rate can impact a host of borrowing costs, and thus the entire U.S. economy.
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Will the Fed Cut Rates in September? Here's What Experts Predict
The race is already on to predict the trajectory of future reductions to borrowing costs.
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Interest Rate Cuts and Inflation: What's Really Going On?
For more than two years, we've heard a steady drumbeat of news highlighting inflation and its impact on interest rates. The correlation seems clear, but the issue is actually more complex.
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Mixed August CPI Report Seals September Rate Cut: What the Experts Are Saying
CPI A good-but-not great reading on consumer inflation sets up the Fed to reduce rates by a quarter-point at its next meeting.
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Mixed Jobs Report Keeps Rate Cuts in Play: What the Experts Are Saying
Jobs Report The Fed will cut rates this month. The only question is by how much.
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The Impossible Trinity: Why Countries Can't Have It All
The essence of the impossible trinity is that a country can successfully achieve only two of these goals at any one time.
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What Is the Sahm Rule, and What Does It Mean?
This will be the first significant test of the Sahm rule under relatively normal circumstances.
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CPI Report Supports September Rate Cut: What the Experts Are Saying About Inflation
CPI The continued downtrend in inflation raises the odds for a September rate cut from the Federal Reserve.
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Three Reasons to Consider High-Yield Bonds Now
With rate cuts possibly on the horizon, now is the time to take advantage of high-yield bonds to get returns similar to the S&P 500's long-term average.
