Banking & Credit · BNK-020
Federal Funds Rate
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By the end of this lesson, you should be able to define the federal funds rate, distinguish the FOMC target range from the effective market rate, explain how reserve balances are traded overnight, describe how IORB and ON RRP help steer short-term rates in an ample-reserves framework, trace how policy-rate changes spread into broader financial conditions, and interpret a dated FOMC rate decision without treating that temporary level as a permanent fact.
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- 01Why does the Federal Reserve pay banks interest?Open source ↗
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 02Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement — September 16, 2026Open source ↗
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
- 03Monetary Policy ImplementationOpen source ↗
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- 04Implementation Note issued September 16, 2026Open source ↗
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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In the current ample-reserves framework, the Federal Reserve primarily steers the federal funds rate through administered rates such as interest on reserve balances and the overnight reverse repurchase facility.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026On September 16, 2026, the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate by 0.25 percentage point to 3.75 to 4.00 percent, effective with implementation actions on September 17.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026The federal funds rate is the interest rate on overnight unsecured transactions in which eligible institutions borrow and lend reserve balances held at the Federal Reserve.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026The effective federal funds rate is a market-based measure calculated and published by the New York Fed from actual federal funds transactions.
supported · checked Sep 21, 2026