Fed Funds Rate stories:
Treasurys, Dollar Fall on Dovish Fed Statement
Nov 4th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Stocks rallied, while longer-dated government debt and the dollar fell Wednesday afternoon, as investors accumulated risky assets in the wake of a Federal Reserve statement maintaining its highly accommodative monetary stance. With a unanimous vote...
FOREX-Dollar slips as stocks, gold and oil jump; Fed eyed
Nov 4th, 2009 - Reuters
* Dollar dips from 1-month high vs currency basket, euro * Focus on whether Fed will keep pledge to keep rates low * U.S. service sector grew in October, but below forecast (Updates prices...
FOREX-Dollar falls on ISM services; Fed decision looms
Nov 4th, 2009 - Reuters
* Dollar retreats from 1-month high vs basket, euro * Focus on whether Fed will keep low rate pledge * U.S. service sector grew in October, but below forecast (Updates with ISM services data...
FOREX-Dollar slips, markets brace for Fed decision
Nov 4th, 2009 - Reuters
* Dollar slips, retreats from 1-mth high vs FX basket, euro * Traders brace for Fed, c.bank seen keeping low rate pledge * U.S. jobs data due in N.Y. trade (Adds quotes...
Fed sees modest economic improvement
Oct 21st, 2009 - CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The economy has shown signs of stabilizing or modestly improving in recent weeks, according to the latest Federal Reserve snapshot of regional economic conditions.
Fed Funds Rate videos from YouTube:
11:42Banking 14: Fed Funds Rate
How open market operations effect the rate at which banks lend to each other overnight.
12:16Banking 15: More on the Fed Funds Rate
More on the mechanics of the Federal Funds rate and how it increases the money supply.
4:33Suze Orman on Fed Funds Rate
Suze Orman speak about how lowering the feds fund rate won't help adjustable rate mortgages with low teaser rates, and how lowering the rate hurts the average american
9:53Fed Funds Rate
Explains what is the fed funds rate and the fed funds target rate, and how the Fed (the central bank in the US) uses changes in the fed funds target rate as a policy tool to fight inflation and unemployment ...
