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FOMC Policy Action October 8
Thu, Oct 9 2008, 07:23 GMT
by BBVA Bancomer Team
- • FOMC lowered its target interest rate by 50bp to 1.5%
- • The move is part of a global joint effort to alleviate financial stress around the world
- • Fed movement was widely expected by market participants
- • Fed recent communication and today’s action confirm that downside risks to growth have increased dramatically
- • Further rate cuts cannot be ruled out if conditions worsen
Press Release
FOMC Policy Action October 8, 2008
The Federal Open Market Committee has decided to lower its target for the federal funds rate 50 basis points to 1-1/2 percent. The Committee took this action in light of evidence pointing to a weakening of economic activity and a reduction in inflationary pressures.
Incoming economic data suggest that the pace of economic activity has slowed markedly in recent months. Moreover, the intensification of financial market turmoil is likely to exert additional restraint on spending, partly by further reducing the ability of households and businesses to obtain credit. Inflation has been high, but the Committee believes that the decline in energy and other commodity prices and the weaker prospects for economic activity have reduced the upside risks to inflation.
The Committee will monitor economic and financial developments carefully and will act as needed to promote sustainable economic growth and price stability.
Voting for the FOMC monetary policy action were: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman; Timothy F. Geithner, Vice Chairman; Elizabeth A. Duke; Richard W. Fisher; Donald L. Kohn; Randall S. Kroszner; Sandra Pianalto; Charles I. Plosser; Gary H. Stern; and Kevin M. Warsh.
In a related action, the Board of Governors unanimously approved a 50-basis-point decrease in the discount rate to 1-3/4 percent. In taking this action, the Board approved the request submitted by the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
Published on Thu, Oct 9 2008, 10:14 GMT
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