The Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) sets a target for the Fed funds rate, which it pursues through the open sale and purchase of U.S. Treasuries, whereas the discount rate is reached solely ...

A Fed policy rate that low is not typically a sign that the U.S. is the "hottest" country in the world for investment, as ...

This relationship can be seen in the Chart 1, which plots both the interest rates and the difference between the two rates. The effective fed funds rate (in black) and the discount rate (in yellow ...

With the Federal Reserve's policymaking committee's decision Wednesday, the fed funds range is another 0.25 percentage points higher at 5.25% to 5.5% – a change that will ripple through the ...

If Fed chief Jerome Powell has mentioned the Fed's dual mandate once, he's mentioned it thousand times since the Fed's policymaking committee started raising short-term interest rates early in 2022.

The reverse repo rate, which is designed to set a floor underneath short-term rates, will likely rise from 0.05% to 0.30% and the rate on reserve balances from 0.15% to 0.40%.

If the Federal Reserve is successful in bringing inflation down, it might decide to begin lowering the federal funds rate at some point — and interest rates on consumer products will follow.

A new Fed proposal may change how the discount rate is set. Under the proposal the Federal Reserve would set the discount rate above the federal funds rate. Using the Fed’s current operating ...

Bond traders peg the odds of the Fed lowering the funds rate to a 5.00%-5.25% target at 46%, compared with 32% odds of rates still being at current levels and a 20% chance of rates being cut by ...

Discount Window vs. Fed Funds. By . WSJ. Share. Resize. Since the Fed lowered the discount rate to 5.75% from 6.25% Friday and lengthened loan terms to 30 days from one, ...