Fed Cuts Key Interest Rate by a Half Point
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Stocks soared on the move, a forceful policy shift intended to limit the economic damage from the disorder in the housing and credit markets.
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The US Federal Reserve keeps its main interest rate at 5.25%
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Three regional Federal Reserve banks sought a half-percentage-point cut in the discount rate ahead of December's Fed policy meeting, minutes of the Fed Board's discount rate meetings showed on Tuesday.
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Global stock markets surged after the Federal Reserve moved aggressively to head off the risk of a sharp slowdown in the US economy on Tuesday, cutting interest rates by 50 basis points to 4.75 per cent.
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The Federal Reserve unexpectedly slashed a key interest rate by a bold three-fourths of a percentage point on Tuesday, responding to a global plunge in stock markets that heightened concerns about a recession. The Fed signaled that further rate cuts were likely.
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The Federal Reserve is preparing to meet to decide whether US interest rates should be cut from 5.25%.
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The US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates at 5.25%, saying it has concerns about inflation.
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The Federal Reserve kept the benchmark US interest rate at 5.25 percent, declaring that inflation is slowing modestly, even as the economy picks up speed.
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The Federal Reserve cut a key interest rate by half a percentage point today, the second rate cut in nine days, in an aggressive move to try to prevent a recession.
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Investors assume that the central bank will reduce the overnight federal funds rate by at least a quarter of a percentage point, to 5 percent. But many market analysts say that will not be enough to restore confidence.
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The central bank took out the ax for the second time in just over a week, chopping off half a percentage point.
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The Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a percentage point in an emergency bid to lend support to a weak U.S. economy faced with increasing turmoil in global financial markets.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed the benchmark federal funds rate by a half-percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.
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The Hungarian central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points, from 11.0 percent to 10.5 percent, the bank said in a statement posted on its website.
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Three regional Federal Reserve banks wanted a deeper half-percentage-point cut in the discount rate ahead of December's Fed policy meeting, minutes of the Fed Board's discount rate meetings showed on Tuesday.
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The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed benchmark U.S. interest rates by a half-percentage point in a bold bid to buffer the economy from a housing slump and related financial market turbulence.
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The Curious Capitalist: The Fed cuts rates by a half-point, and the stock market cheers  -  not that that means anything