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Interest Rates: The Fed's Main Tool

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A 525 basis point move gets full worked math in the key, from the fed funds rate's climb off 0.25 percent in March 2022 to 5.50 percent in July 2023. A September 2024 cut is then followed step by step into a lower credit card APR.

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