Fed Cuts Funds Rate to A 4.25/4.50% Target and Guides to Slowing Cuts in 2025 "As expected, the Federal Open Market Committee has ended its December 2024 meeting by cutting the Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points to a 4.25% to 4.50% target. The Fed's decision follows a 50 basis point cut in September and a 25 basis point cut in November. The Fed funds rate now stands a full percent below where it was just three months ago and where it had stood for most of 2024 (the Fed raised interest rates by 25 basis points in January for its final "
Federal Reserve Moves Fed Funds Rate Down by 25 Basis Points to a 4.50%-4.75% Range "The Federal Reserve has ended its November 2024 meeting with a 25 basis points cut.
This cut follows 50 basis point cut in September and the Fed Funds rate now sits 75 basis points below its 5.25 to 5.50% range which marked the high for this cycle.
The pace of Fed cuts is now very much in question following the second election of Donald Trump. Whereas the Fed was previously focused entirely on incoming inflationary data, it now needs to focus as well on fiscal policy issues - including the "