Interest Rates: The Fed's Main Tool

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FOMC votes eight times a year on the federal funds rate, and the deck follows that single number into the prime rate, then credit card APRs, auto loans, and mortgages. The Fed's 2022 to 2024 moves supply the real numbers, 525 basis points of hikes, then a long hold, then 100 down.

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