Federal Funds Rate Audio & Video

[0:21]..." from the bursting of the housing bubble. During that time the benchmark federal funds rate has gone from five and a quarter percent to 2%. In a statement Fed officials wrote that. The substantial easing of monetary"...

[1:16]..." It was as expected the Federal Reserve has lowered the federal funds rate by a quarter point. CBS has."...

[1:38]..." see how all the stimulus is working. And this cut brings the federal funds rate to just 2% -- it can't get a whole lot lower."...

[1:31]..." worse. This time their thinking about a quarter point reduction in the federal funds rate announcement is expected at the end of the Fed's two day meeting on Wednesday. A tragic turn of events in the case"...

[13:26]..." the stance of monetary policy. The FOMC reduced its target for the federal funds rate by a total of 125 basis points in January invite additional 75 basis points at its march meeting. Leading the current targeted"...

[0:28]..." This is a so called federal funds rate which as what banks charge each other."...

[0:36]..." not had a lot of passed through from previous declines in the federal funds rate . To rates of interest that of flowers individual business -- are paying because the credit crunch celluloid isn't going to make a"...

[2:17]..." Back to the federal funds rate which is what were expected to be announced this afternoon. I'm trying to remember by my Federal Reserve history has actually gone"...

[0:14]..." Well let's set the central bank has now cut the federal funds rate six times since last September and this three quarter point cut matches the largest which was an emergency -- late January so"...

[4:22]..." Opening of the Milbank family writes in what are the effects of federal funds rate cuts -- student loans that's good question only because there are a lot of -- out there and there are a lot of interest rates and indexes and things. The federal funds rate does not directly impact federal student loans Perkins loans rates are -- period. Stafford loan Safra -- the student loans and parents plus looks like those staff alone dot com parents Islamic council. Before July 1 2006 are variable rate loans and they are tied. To the -- treasury bill rate now the reason why that's important is that the federal funds rate which is let the Federal Reserve has been cutting -- and the nine to a date T bill rate treasury bill -- often march in lockstep so typically see him maybe a month or so after the Federal Reserve cuts the funds rate you'll see the FT bill -- come down as well. Because it's assumed that as effectively the treasury is borrowing at the federal funds rate and can give or take. The ethical funds it also put controls the prime rate which in turn affects those private student"...

[6:10]..." impact it's it's in -- based on how the market works the federal funds rate itself is school. Was considered to be two -- to index the the student loan program to facility at the congress when"...

[6:31]..." Federal Reserve today cut a key interest rates. The Fed slashed the federal funds rate by half a point to 3% this follows a three fourths point cut on January 22. In a statement Federal Reserve Chairman"...

[0:48]..." Now as we understand it -- this. Cut in the federal funds rate will not have much of an impact on more victories."...