fed-funds

In the fed-funds futures market, where investors bet on interest rates in years to come, prices suggest rates won't budge until at least mid-2014.

Bond Investors Get Jump on Fed Matt Phillips 2012

The Fed is counting on a relatively new tool to manage the fed-funds rate when the time comes to tighten—its ability to pay interest to banks on the reserves that they keep on deposit with the central bank.

Concerns Emerge as a Fed Rate Falls Jon Hilsenrath 2011

On December 31, 2000, the fed-funds rate was 6.5%.

David Fiderer: The Real Reason Fannie and Freddie Lost So Much Money David Fiderer 2011

Kocherlakota and Plosser suggesting the fed-funds lending rate could hit 1% by year end and 2.5% by the middle of next year.

Investors Look for Clues in Fed Orations Kelly Evans 2011

So as surely as the sun sets in the west, ARMs started defaulting after the fed-funds rate moved upward and their initial teaser rates were reset.

David Fiderer: The Real Reason Fannie and Freddie Lost So Much Money David Fiderer 2011

On December 31, 2000, the fed-funds rate was 6.5%.

David Fiderer: The Real Reason Fannie and Freddie Lost So Much Money David Fiderer 2011

So as surely as the sun sets in the west, ARMs started defaulting after the fed-funds rate moved upward and their initial teaser rates were reset.

David Fiderer: The Real Reason Fannie and Freddie Lost So Much Money David Fiderer 2011

But doing so is expensive, costing about one percentage point more than in the fed-funds market, where domestic banks and financial institutions get daily funding.

Bank Woes Take Center Stage Deborah Ball 2011

"Between 1971 and 2002, the fed-funds rate and the fixed mortgage rate moved in lockstep,"wrote Greenspan.

David Fiderer: The Real Reason Fannie and Freddie Lost So Much Money David Fiderer 2011

"Between 1971 and 2002, the fed-funds rate and the fixed mortgage rate moved in lockstep," wrote Greenspan.

David Fiderer: The Real Reason Fannie and Freddie Lost So Much Money David Fiderer 2011