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FED Watch Article Archive

No Change By Fed
By Terry Ruffolo
Jun 24, 2009
Though acknowledging that economic conditions have improved, the Fed did not hint at any forthcoming change in interest rates.

FED Keeps The Status Quo
By Terry Ruffolo
Apr 29, 2009
Following a very quiet two day meeting, central bankers, as expected, had no surprises in its economic policy statement.

FED Announces Bold Measures
By Terry Ruffolo
Mar 18, 2009
The Federal Reserve Open Market Committee took the financial markets by surprise, by committing to buy $300 billion in longer-term Treasurys in order to spur the economic recovery. The Fed also made adjustments to other credit-easing programs.

Fed: Rates Unchanged, Lacker Dissents
By Terry Ruffolo
Jan 28, 2009
Lacker's dissent shows that though Bernanke is trying, he does not have all the answers.

Fed Cuts to a Range of 0% to 0.25%
By Charles Rotblut
Dec 16, 2008
The Fed cut the fed funds rate to a target of 0 to 25 basis points. Charles Rotblut, Zacks.com Senior Market Analyst, explains what this means to investors and to the economy.

FED Cuts the Expected 50 Basis Points
By Terry Ruffolo
Oct 29, 2008
The Federal Reserve, in a widely expected move, cut its key interest rates by 50 basis points as it heads to uncharted waters.

Emergency FED Rate Cut
By Terry Ruffolo
Oct 08, 2008
The Federal Reserve joined 5 other central banks worldwide in cutting interest rates due to the worsening global financial situation. It cut its Fed Funds rate by a half point to 1.5%

FED Leaves Rates Unchanged
By Charles Rotblut
Jun 25, 2008
As expected, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee, has left its key Fed Funds Rate unchanged at 2%.

FED Watch-Key Interest Rates Cut Again
By Charles Rotblut
Apr 30, 2008
In its announcement, the Fed also signaled that it will put rate cuts on hold for a while.

FED Watch-Fed Cuts Rates But Stops Short
By Charles Rotblut
Mar 18, 2008
Instead of the 100 basis point cut the market was looking for, the FED today cut the key fed funds rate by just three quarters of one percent, taking this rate target down to 2.25%, the lowest since December of 2004.

FED WATCH-Fed Cuts Key U.S. Interest Rates
By Charles Rotblut
Jan 30, 2008
For the second time in as many weeks, the Federal Reserve has cut key interest rates by a half percentage point.

Fed Cuts Rates In An Emergency Move
By Dirk Van Dijk
Jan 22, 2008
The Federal Reserve lowered key interest rates by 75 basis points.

Fed Watch--Fed Lowers Rates Again
By Charles Rotblut
Dec 11, 2007
The Fed cut two key interest rates for the third consecutive time.

Fed Lowers Two Key Rates
By Charles Rotblut
Oct 31, 2007
While the Fed did lower two key interest rates as the result of their latest FOMC meeting, the vote was not unanimous.

Fed Cuts Key Interest Rates
By Charles Rotblut
Sep 18, 2007
The FED cuts both the Fed Funds and Discount rates by a half percent. Senior Market Analyst Charles Rotblut provides his analysis.

 
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