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- 0.25% is the lowest the Federal interest rate has ever been since the Fed started publishing the target in 1990Wall Street Journal: Fed Cuts Rates to Historic Low (December 16, 2008)
- Monetary policy: Measures taken by the Federal Reserve to influence cost and availability of money
- Federal Funds Rate is the interest rate charged on loans by the Federal Reserve and depository institutions to other depository institutions
- Discount Rate is the interest rate charged on short-term loans by a central bank to depository institutions
- Federal Funds Rate: 0.25% as of December 2008Wall Street Journal: Fed Cuts Rates to Historic Low (December 16, 2008)
- Discount Rate: 2.75% as of April 2008New York Fed.org: Historical Changes of the Target Federal Funds and Discount Rates
- Federal Reserve Chairman: Ben Bernanke
- Federal Reserve system created after the Federal Reserve Act of 1913
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Interest rates are fees paid in order to utilize capital and are expressed as a percentage. In the U.S., there are two critical interest rates that are set by the Federal Reserve: the two mechanisms that influence monetary policy are the Federal Funds Rate and the Discount Rate.
After cutting the interest rate to 1% in October of 2008, the Fed cut the interest rate again on December 16, 2008, by another 3/4 of a percent, bringing the rate down to an historic 0.25%.Wall Street Journal: Fed Cuts Rates to Historic Low (December 16, 2008)
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