The Federal Reserve made a rate cut decision today. Here’s the impact on your money.
The Federal Reserve on Thursday made its second rate cut of this year, with the decision coming less than two months after the central bank’s surprise jumbo cut in September. The Fed shaved borrowing costs by 0.25 percentage points, or half the size of its September reduction, according to its Thursday statement. That brings down the federal funds rate — the interest rate banks charge each other for borrowing money —