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The federal funds rate is the interest rate banks charge on loans in the federal funds market. The federal funds rate is not set administratively by the Fed. Instead, the rate is determined by the supply of reserves relative to the demand for them.
The impact on the federal funds rate, by any policy, would depend on which policy is in question. Some policies will cause the federal funds rate to increase while other policies will cause the federal funds rate to decrease.
The Federal Funds rate abbriviated as Fed Funds is the overnight loan rate between banks. The Discount Window is the Federal Reseve Bank of New York's overnight interst rate charged to banks from the Federal Reserve, called the discount window rate.
The federal funds rate is the rate which banks charge one another for overnight loans used to provide needed capital to meet reserve requirements. The federal funds rate is the rate which the federal reserve may adjust thru open market operations such as the buying and selling of US treasuries. As of March 2010, the federal funds rate hovers between 0 and .25%.
If the Fed wants to raise the federal funds interest rate, it will sell securities to remove reserves from the banking system.
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The federal funds rate is the rate which banks charge one another for overnight loans used to provide needed capital to meet reserve requirements. The federal funds rate is the rate which the federal reserve may adjust thru open market operations such as the buying and selling of US treasuries. As of March 2010, the federal funds rate hovers between 0 and .25%.
This week, Federal Fund rates are at .25. These rates are ever-changing so it is important to check them often. http://www.bankrate.com/rates/interest-rates/federal-funds-rate.aspx
An intended fed funds rate is the interest rate at which private depository institutions, mostly banks, lend balances (federal funds) at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions, usually done overnight.
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Everything. They control the flow of money in the economy of the United States. They also control in the discount rate on federal funds. That rate indirectly affects the federal funds rate, which is the rate at which the banks can get money themselves. So that rate indirectly affects the interest rate that banks have on loans.