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Fed “not in any hurry” to raise interest rates: Powell
The Federal Reserve won’t push up interest rates any time soon, the central bank’s chairman said Wednesday as the...
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Fed to mall and hotel owners: Drop dead
The central bank’s multi-trillion-dollar intervention to help companies facing a credit crunch leaves struggling malls, hotels and other properties out in the cold. Earlier this week the Federal Reserve announced it would launch an...
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Fed plans major commercial mortgage buyback
The Federal Reserve dramatically expanded its lending programs meant to unclog credit on Monday by expanding its facilities to include different types of municipal and corporate debt. The Federal Open Market Committee said the...
Fed cuts interest rate to near-zero, moves to prop up mortgage market
Acknowledging that the full scope of the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the economy is unknowable, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome...
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Fed cuts interest rate amid coronavirus fears; hotel stocks sink
UPDATED, 4:13 p.m., March 3: The Federal Reserve announced an emergency rate cut on Tuesday morning, a direct response...
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Paul Volcker, Fed Chair who infuriated real estate, dies
Paul Volcker, the former head of the Federal Reserve, who fought a war against inflation and was the driving...
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The Fed lowers rates, and once again real estate is loving it
There may come a time when a Federal Reserve interest rate cut is met with skepticism from the broader...
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Fed cuts rates, signaling caution ahead for real estate investors
The Federal Reserve’s decision on Wednesday to again cut its benchmark interest rate, this time by 25 basis points,...
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Here’s what a Fed rate cut would mean to the US housing market
UPDATED, July 31, 5:27 p.m.: What kind of difference could a quarter of a point make? Plenty, according to...
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Homebuilder blues: Fed chair says Trump’s tariffs, immigration taking a toll
Over the past few months, President Trump has been venting on Twitter and elsewhere about his displeasure with the...