The Federal Reserve announced a rate cut for the first time in nearly four years. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee enacted a 50 basis point reduction on its benchmark federal funds rate, which stood at a 23-year high of 5.25% to 5.5% range for the past...
While Jerome Powell’s Federal Reserve continues to debate whether to cut rates, two central banks in Europe are already witnessing economic progress from their respective rate cuts. The Bank of England’s first rate cut in four years sparked a renewed interest in...
Tom Barkin is president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. This article is adapted from a recent speech delivered during theGlobal Interdependence Center’s Central Banking Series at Banque de France in Paris. By the first quarter of 2022, the Fed’s...
The Bank of England trimmed the base rate by a quarter-point to 5%. This marked the first rate cut by the UK’s central bank since March 2020. Within the Bank of England, the rate cut decision was somewhat contentious, with the Monetary Policy Committee voting...
The Federal Reserve opted to keep the federal funds rate at the 5.25% to 5.5% level. In a unanimous vote, the central bank’s policy making Federal Open Market Committee declared the “economic outlook is uncertain,” adding that it remained “attentive to the risks to...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
