- fed funds rate
- /fed 'fʌndz reɪt/ nounthe rate charged by banks for lending money deposited with the Federal Reserve to other banks● most federal offices are in Washington
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fed funds — See federal funds. American Banker Glossary * * * Reserve balances deposited at the Federal Reserve Bank by US commercial banks. These funds can be lent out to other member banks to meet short term reserve requirements and the rate at which… … Financial and business terms
Fed Funds Probability — is the probability of Federal Reserve actions at upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meetings. At every meeting of the FOMC, its members decide whether to increase, decrease, or leave the Federal funds rate unchanged after reviewing the … Wikipedia
Federal funds rate — In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions actively trade balances held at the Federal Reserve, called federal funds, with each other, usually overnight, on an uncollateralized basis.… … Wikipedia
Federal Funds Rate — Wichtige Leitzinsen Zinssatz Höhe Europäische Zentralbank (letzte Änderung: 9. November 2011) Einlagesatz 0,50 % Hauptrefinanzierungssatz 1,25 % Spitzenrefinanzierungssatz 2,00 % Schweizerische Nationalbank (letzte Änderung: 3.… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Federal funds rate — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda En los Estados Unidos, la Federal funds rate (tasa de interés de fondos federales) es una tasa de interés bajo la cual instituciones depositarias privadas (principalmente bancos) prestan dinero (fondos federales) en… … Wikipedia Español
federal funds rate — The rate of interest charged for the use of federal funds. Chicago Board of Trade glossary The rate for which overnight federal funds are traded. American Banker Glossary The interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve (… … Financial and business terms
Federal funds rate — This is the interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve district bank charge other banks that need overnight loans. The Fed Funds rate, as it is called, often points to the direction of U.S. interest rates. The New York… … Financial and business terms
Term Fed Funds — Funds that banks borrow from the Federal Reserve for longer than a day, but generally less than 90 days. As a general rule, banks borrow term Fed funds when they need a temporary influx of cash, but still wish to benefit from a low interest rate … Investment dictionary
Federal Funds Rate — The interest rate at which a depository institution lends immediately available funds (balances at the Federal Reserve) to another depository institution overnight. This is what news reports are referring to when they talk about the Fed changing… … Investment dictionary
Fed — /fed/ noun US same as Federal Reserve Board (informal) ▪▪▪ ‘…indications of weakness in the US economy were contained in figures from the Fed on industrial production for April’ [Financial Times] ▪▪▪ ‘…the half point discount rate move gives the… … Dictionary of banking and finance
