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Fed Interest Rate Change Annoucements
A listing of previous Federal Reserve changes in the interest rate.
Are U.S. Interest Rates Going to Continue to Rise?
We examine Federal Reserve press releases to see if the Federal Reserve is planning on raising rates in the future.
Ben S. Bernanke sworn in as fourteenth Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Ben S. Bernanke on Wednesday became the fourteenth Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee, succeeding Alan Greenspan. The oath of office was administered in the Board Room at 9:00 a.m. by Vice Chairman Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
The Impact of the Upcoming Federal Funds Rate Annoucement
This Wednesday the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve will conclude a meeting and issue decisions on key pieces of monetary policy, such as the target level of the Federal Funds rate, a key benchmark interest rate in the United States. Almost every forecaster is expecting a 25 basis point increase in the Federal Funds rate, causing it to rise from 2.25 to 2.5 percent.
Reserve Bank Income and Expense Data and Transfers to the Treasury for 2004
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday released figures that indicate the Federal Reserve banks distributed approximately $18.086 billion of their $23.541 billion total income to the U.S. Treasury during 2004.