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Interest Rates: The Fed's Main Tool

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A four-step transmission chain starts at the federal funds rate and ends wherever a bank sets its own charge, and students trace the March 2022 to July 2023 hike cycle peaking at 5.50 percent through it. They also pull the target range and any hint from an FOMC statement.

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