When will fed adjust interest rates
All short-term interest rates follow the fed funds rate. That's what banks charge each other for overnight loans of fed funds. The Federal Open Market Committee raised the fed funds rate by a quarter point at its Dec. 19, 2018, meeting. It then lowered it three times in 2019. The interest rate targeted by the Federal Reserve, the range of the federal funds rate, is currently 1.0% to 1.25%. That’s after the Fed cut it half of a percentage point on March 3, 2020. It was the first rate cut in 2020 and came in response to the threat posed to the economy by the coronavirus . When the Fed makes decision on interest rates, some mortgage borrowers need to pay attention, including those with adjustable-rate loans. The majority of Americans, who have fixed-rate mortgages