Neither will targeting the Federal Funds interest rate, no matter how the target is chosen.
Investors should keep their eyes peeled for the different projections for the Federal Funds rate.
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For a year, through June 2004, the Federal Reserve held the federal funds rate at 1%.
It has set the cost of federal funds at 4.5% over any detectable annual core inflation.
With the federal funds rate already at or near zero, that prospect is unlikely.
There are bonds whose yield depends on the federal funds rate staying within a specified band.
The loan document cites as collateral the likelihood that McCain could requalify and collect federal funds.
It also says that federal funds should be directed at states with the largest divides.
The bad news add pressure on the Federal Reserve to cut its federal funds target rate.
The federal funds rate is what U.S. banks charge one another on overnight loans.
Now, during the endless recession, bureaucrats are trying to boost the economic impact of federal funds.
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Congress in September began investigating whether Planned Parenthood illegally used federal funds to provide abortions.
The federal funds rate, when adjusted for inflation, turned negative from late 2002 into 2005.
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The Clinton administration proposed to allow federal funds to be used for embryo research .
Finally the zero to 0.25% federal funds rate was extended until at least mid-2015.
So, the FOMC reverted to its prior practice of controlling money through its target Federal Funds rate.
The U.S. kept the prime rate at around 6% while bringing the federal funds rate to 3%.
We now expect a 25-basis-point cut in the Federal funds rate and discount rate on Dec. 11.
During the last few years, the Federal Reserve has lowered the Federal Funds Rate close to 0%.
Lowering the federal funds rate, its traditional weapon, tends to make the most impact on short-duration debt.
Federal funds futures were indicating expectations for a 75 basis point cut from the Fed March 18.
Pushing the Federal Funds Rate below 3% was probably the most significant cause of The Great Credit Crunch.
Another bad sign: The federal funds rate target of 4.75% remains higher than the yield on 10-year Treasurys.
India remains perennially energy starved despite 15% or more of federal funds being allocated to the power sector.
Instead of a public option, the Senate Finance Committee proposal authorizes federal funds to create nonprofit insurance cooperatives.
Bank funds held in term deposits at the Fed would not be available for the federal funds market.
Block grants -- states, not the federal government, will decide how to dispense aid using limited federal funds.
What does the President think of ex-gay reparative therapy, and should federal funds be used to support this practice?
But he would not comment on whether or not the Archdiocese was in fact the recipient of federal funds.
It would receive federal funds and manage the rebuilding process, said panel member Tony Salazar, a Los Angeles developer.
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