✉news BusinessBanking first seen 7 h ago, last 31 min ago, peak #3
Charting 70 years of US federal funds rates
Original: Monthly fed funds effective rate in the U.S. 1954-2026
A statistical overview tracks the effective federal funds rate in the United States on a monthly basis from 1954 through projections to 2026. The data shows the rate climbing from under 1% in the 1950s to a peak above 19% in the early 1980s, before falling through subsequent decades and rising again in recent years as the Federal Reserve fought inflation. Long-run rate histories like this are widely used to put current borrowing costs in historical context.
Why now: Interest in how today's US rates compare with seven decades of monetary policy history amid ongoing debate over the Federal Reserve's next moves.
Rank over time, top of the chart is #1. 6 snapshots from 7 h ago to 31 min ago.
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