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Interest Rates: The Fed's Main Tool

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Prime pegged at fed funds plus 3 points, credit card APR running prime plus 10 to 18 points, and the 5.25 point total rise across the 2022 to 2023 hike cycle come tallied with sources. CPI's move from 9.1 percent in June 2022 down to 3.2 percent by July 2023 rounds out the chart reading.

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