UllummaMar 6
Inflation, grocery prices, and oil costs are up, and employment, labor and new jobs are down... prepare for August #FedFunds rate hike... +50 bps!?
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Aug 14, 2025
“But it’s absurd to suggest that ‘any’ #model would call for #fedfunds to be so much lower, and alarming to hear it from the #US #Treasurysecretary.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

Where Is Bessent Pulling These...
Where Is Bessent Pulling These Rate Models From?

They fly in the face of decades of rules and experience.

Bloomberg
ekiledjianMar 17, 2023
US banks secure $164.8B in Fed's backstop funds, signalling potential stress. Regulators seize Silicon Valley & Signature Banks. Record borrowing surpasses 2008 crisis levels. #BankingStress #FedFunds #RecordBorrowing #Economy #Finance https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-16/banks-rush-to-backstop-liquidity-borrow-164-8-billion-from-fed?leadSource=uverify%20wall
Banks Borrow $164.8 Billion From Fed in Rush to Backstop Liquidity

Banks borrowed a combined $164.8 billion from two Federal Reserve backstop facilities in the most recent week, a sign of escalated funding strains in the aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s failure.

Bloomberg
Coach Pāṇini ®Feb 26, 2023

“The fed funds rate began the decade at a target level of 14 percent in January 1980. By the time officials concluded a conference call on Dec. 5, 1980, they hiked the target range by 2 percentage points to 19-20 percent, its highest ever.”

https://www.bankrate.com/banking/federal-reserve/history-of-federal-funds-rate/

#CarterAdministration #interestrates #fedfunds #inflation #unemployment #economy #bankrate

Fed's Interest Rate History: The Fed Funds Rate Since 1981 | Bankrate

The federal funds rate, a key borrowing benchmark set by the Federal Reserve, is now back to levels not seen since 2007.

Bankrate