Typically, when the Federal Open Market Committee cuts interest rates, like it did earlier in the week, the rate consumers pay for a mortgage loan falls. But unfortunately for borrowers, these are atypical times.
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feds, Mortgage Interest Rates, rate cut March 21st, 2008
NEW YORK - Wall Street stormed higher Tuesday as investors, optimistic following stronger-than-expected earnings from two big investment banks, were also galvanized by the Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by three-quarters of a ...
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The Fed's cut of three-quarters of a percentage point is less than investors were expecting, but markets rallied nonetheless
After weeks of surprisingly aggressive moves to arrest the credit crunch, the Federal Reserve on Mar. 18 ...
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Less is more for investors betting on dollar gains
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The dollar rallied against the yen and the euro after initially seesawing against major rivals Tuesday, after the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to ...
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Fixed and ARM mortgage rates don't necessarily follow the Fed
Whenever the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, the phone calls start pouring in for Sam Barnett, a Realtor in Charlotte.
The callers want to know: Does this ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly all U.S. primary dealers now believe in the wake of Bear Stearns' near collapse that the Federal Reserve will cut key short-term rates by at least three-quarters of a percentage ...
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A divided Federal Reserve cut interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, delivering less than the markets hoped for despite the magnitude of the move.
The Fed's policy-making Federal Open Market Committee voted 8-2 to ...
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Cut and run.
That’s the scenario as the Federal Reserve gathers today to ponder its next move in a financial minefield pockmarked by a struggling economy, a grinding credit crunch and troubling signs of inflation.
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March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may be readying the deepest interest-rate cut in a generation as the central bank struggles to prevent a meltdown in financial markets and a recession.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is primed to aggressively cut a key interest rate even lower on Tuesday, racing to contain spreading financial fires that threaten an economic meltdown.
President Bush declared "we're in challenging ...
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