How to Use the Fed in a Sentence
the Fed
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In 2017, Trump tapped him to lead the Fed for his first four-year term.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2024
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That's prompted the Fed to pause any move to ease rates.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
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Hopes that the Fed was poised to cut rates have been put on hold for now.
—Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
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Over the last year, the Fed raised rates from nearly zero to 4.75%.
—Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2023
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How far will mortgage rates fall when the Fed cuts rates?
—Lucia Suarez Sang, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
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That could cause the Fed to not cut rates and could cause investors to become spooked.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
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Wall Street and the Fed have also been confused this year.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 May 2024
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But their markets have cooled as the Fed has raised rates and home builders have caught up to demand.
—Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023
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For now, investors are reassessing when the Fed might be ready to cut rates.
—Rafael Nam, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
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At the same time, the Fed last year shifted from buying Treasuries to shrinking its stash of U.S. debt.
—Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
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This suggests that the Fed’s monetary stance is about right—not too loose, not too tight.
—WSJ, 15 Jan. 2024
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Traders now see a 17% expectation that the Fed will cut rates in March, compared to 46% a week ago.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024
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Each time the Fed raises the rate, lending rates that banks charge their customers tend to follow.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 25 Mar. 2023
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But Bank of America predicts that the two forces, with the help of a push from the Fed, will reach equilibrium in 2025.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2024
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During Trump’s first term, the federal funds rate, which is controlled by the Fed, peaked at 2.5 per cent.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
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So far, the approach has succeeded in cooling price hikes but fallen short of the Fed's goal.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2023
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The punch bowl was removed from the VC party after the Fed started to raise interest rates in 2022.
—Edward Chancellor, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
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In recent weeks, long-term interest rates, which the Fed doesn’t control, have risen sharply.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
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If the market showed signs of entering a recession, then, of course, the Fed should start cutting rates.
—Kevin A. Hassett, National Review, 19 Jan. 2024
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After March, the next opportunity for the Fed to announce a rate cut would be May 1.
—Rob Wile, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
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But March's 5% year-over-year inflation rate remained well above the Fed's 2% target.
—Paul Wiseman, ajc, 20 Apr. 2023
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Now, traders are beginning to bet that the Fed might even cut interest rates later this year.
—Elaine Kurtenbach, ajc, 22 Mar. 2023
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For now, the Fed has all but abandoned its previous forecast of three quarter-point rate cuts this year.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 15 May 2024
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Rose argued that the Beige Book data will lead the Fed to hold rates steady for now, before cutting in September.
—Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 20 Apr. 2024
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Read full article On Wednesday, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate for the ninth time in just over a year.
—Paul Wiseman, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
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For nearly a year, the Fed has held interest rates at their highest level since 2001.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 23 May 2024
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In its report, the Fed cites research that finds that customers spend 20% more when buy now, pay later is available.
—Cora Lewis, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2023
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Since early last year, the Fed has rapidly raised interest rates from near zero to just over 5%.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
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These reports will indicate the direction of the economy and whether the Fed is prepared for interest rate cuts.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 July 2024
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The report comes with markets paying close attention to which way the Fed is headed on monetary policy.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 26 July 2024
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