Rate Cuts

Rate Cuts

Update: 2024-09-18
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The Federal Reserve’s first rate cut in four years should ease some of the financial pressures facing consumers and businesses. But will the reduction achieve what economists call a soft landing? Host Carmel Crimmins is joined by Federal Reserve correspondents Ann Saphir and Howard Schneider to talk rate cuts and consequences. Plus, why Australian mortgage holders are hoping the Fed move resonates Down Under. 


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