See Also: Economic Indicators Balance of Payments Supply and Demand Elasticity Stagflation What are the Twin Deficits? Federal Reserve Beige Book The Fed beige book is more formally known as the “Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions.” The beige book describes economic conditions in each of the twelve Federal Reserve Bank districts. The beige
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See Also: Interest Rate Swaps LIBOR Interest Rate Definition Interest Rate Risk Prime Lending Rate Libor versus Prime Rate Interest Rate in Selecting Loan Federal Funds Rate Definition The federal funds rate definition, or fed funds rate, is the target interest rate for overnight lending and borrowing transactions between banks. The Federals Open-Market Committee (FOMC)
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Recently I heard Bill Sherrill speak regarding his economic forecast for 2013 and the economic drivers impacting that forecast. For those of you who don’t know Bill, he is the Founder of the Wolff Center for Entrepreneurship and twice appointed Governor of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board. In his presentation, Mr. Sherrill presented the best
Yesterday afternoon, the Federal Open Market Committee did what nobody expected. The Fed lowers rate target. If you paid any attention to published reports, then they acknowledged what was already priced in by the futures markets and lowered its target for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points to 4.75%. While US equity markets
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