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Fed Funds Target Rate
(Intended Federal Funds Rate)
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The last reported rate is a range between: 0.00 % and 0.25% (Effective since December 16, 2008)
We report the Target Rate. The Effective Fed Funds Rate (Market Rate) for today can be found here. The symbol is !FFUNDS.
[Update November 4, 2009 - The FOMC made no change to the Fed Funds Target Rate at their regulary scheduled meeing.]
[Update December 16, 2008 - 11:24 p.m. Pacific -- The Fed Funds Target Rate was reduced to historical low levels today. The Fed Funds Target Rate is now a Target Range of 0.00% to 0.25%]
The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) plans to hold its next regularly scheduled meetings on November 3-4 and December 15, 2009.
The Fed Funds Target Rate is a short-term rate objective of the Federal Reserve Board. The actual Fed Funds Rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions lend balances at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions overnight. The real rate changes daily but is usually close to the target rate desired by the Federal Reserve. Adjustments to the Fed Funds Target Rate are made by the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) usually at regularly scheduled meetings; but can also be adjusted at any time using emergency meetings. The rates reported below are based upon the Fed Funds Target Rates on the first day of each respective month.
Historical Graph
Click here for historical graph from 1955 through 2008.
Historical Chart
| Federal Funds Target Rate | |||||||||||
| Month/Day | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Jan 1 | 4.75% | 5.50% | 6.50% | 1.75% | 1.25% | 1.00% | 2.25% | 4.25% | 5.25% | 4.25% | 0%-0.25% |
| Feb 1 | 4.75% | 5.50% | 5.50% | 1.75% | 1.26% | 1.00% | 2.25% | 4.50% | 5.25% | 3.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Mar 1 | 4.75% | 5.75% | 5.50% | 1.75% | 1.25% | 1.00% | 2.50% | 4.50% | 5.25% | 3.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Apr 1 | 4.75% | 6.00% | 5.00% | 1.75% | 1.25% | 1.00% | 2.75% | 4.75% | 5.25% | 2.25% | 0%-0.25% |
| May 1 | 4.75% | 6.00% | 4.50% | 1.75% | 1.25% | 1.00% | 2.75% | 4.75% | 5.25% | 2.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Jun 1 | 4.75% | 6.50% | 4.00% | 1.75% | 1.25% | 1.00% | 3.00% | 5.00% | 5.25% | 2.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Jul 1 | 5.00% | 6.50% | 3.75% | 1.75% | 1.00% | 1.25% | 3.25% | 5.25% | 5.25% | 2.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Aug 1 | 5.00% | 6.50% | 3.75% | 1.75% | 1.00% | 1.25% | 3.25% | 5.25% | 5.25% | 2.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Sep 1 | 5.25% | 6.50% | 3.50% | 1.75% | 1.00% | 1.50% | 3.50% | 5.25% | 5.25% | 2.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Oct 1 | 5.25% | 6.50% | 3.00% | 1.75% | 1.00% | 1.75% | 3.75% | 5.25% | 4.75% | 2.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Nov 1 | 5.25% | 6.50% | 2.50% | 1.75% | 1.00% | 1.75% | 4.00% | 5.25% | 4.50% | 1.00% | 0%-0.25% |
| Dec 1 | 5.50% | 6.50% | 2.00% | 1.25% | 1.00% | 2.00% | 4.00% | 5.25% | 4.50% | 1.00% | |
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Source: Federal Reserve Board
A complete history of the specific change dates and rates for the Fed Funds Target Rate are found on the Federal Reserve website at http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/fundsrate.htm
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