Federal reserve policy that lowers the interest rate is called because it
10 Feb 2020 Prescriptions for the policy interest rate from monetary policy rules often increasing the risk that the effective lower bound on interest rates will 3 Mar 2020 It was the first rate cut in between scheduled policy meetings since the 2008 financial crisis. Central bank lowers federal-funds rate range to 1% to 1.25% in its first The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point President Trump in recent days called on the Fed to cut rates and said 25 Jul 2019 The committee sets monetary policy for the Federal Reserve System, largely by adjusting the federal funds rate, which is the interest rate