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When interest rate cuts come, where will you feel them first?

by Samantha Fields
Aug 22, 2024
Mortgages, savings accounts and credit card debt are a few places. Some rates have already edged down.
Interest rates have declined on mortgages and some fixed-income investments.
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What can the Federal Reserve do about rising unemployment?

by Caleigh Wells
Aug 14, 2024
Many expect that the Fed will cut interest rates to stimulate the job market — but not everyone thinks that's a good idea.
If Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, above, announces an interest rate cut in September, it could take awhile for that cut to stimulate the labor market.
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One week, three central bank meetings

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jul 29, 2024
In meetings this week, central bankers will consider cutting interest rates in the U.S. and U.K., while rate hikes could be on the table in Japan.
While goods price inflation has fallen in the U.K., services prices remain very sticky.
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The European Central Bank cut interest rates. What does that mean for the Fed?

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jun 6, 2024
When the Fed meets next week, they will be more focused on what's happening here in the United States.
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