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  2. History of Federal Open Market Committee actions - Wikipedia

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    It also provided for the creation of a fund to swap safe Treasury securities for less secure ones held by banks. It lastly shaved the difference between the discount rate and the federal funds rate from 50 basis points to 25. Official statement: January 30, 2008 3.00% 3.50% 9–1 Fisher dissented, preferring no change. Official statement

  3. Federal funds rate - Wikipedia

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    In October 2019 the target range for the Federal Funds Rate was 1.50–1.75%. On March 15, 2020, the target range for Federal Funds Rate was 0.00–0.25%, a full percentage point drop less than two weeks after being lowered to 1.00–1.25%.

  4. September 2019 events in the U.S. repo market - Wikipedia

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    A measure of the interest rate on overnight repos in the United States, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), increased from 2.43 percent on September 16 to 5.25 percent on September 17. During the trading day, interest rates reached as high as 10 percent. The activity also affected the interest rates on unsecured loans between financial ...

  5. Government spending - Wikipedia

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    In 2010 national governments spent an average of $2,376 per person, while the average for the world's 20 largest economies (in terms of GDP) was $16,110 per person. Norway and Sweden expended the most at $40,908 and $26,760 per capita respectively. The federal government of the United States spent $11,041 per person.

  6. Bridgewater Associates - Wikipedia

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    Bridgewater Associates, LP (informally known as "Bridgewater") [5] is an American investment management firm founded by Ray Dalio in 1975. The firm serves institutional clients including pension funds, endowments, foundations, foreign governments, and central banks. As of 2022, Bridgewater has posted the second highest gains of any hedge fund ...

  7. Public Interest Registry - Wikipedia

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    Website. pir .org. Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit based in Reston, Virginia, created by the Internet Society in 2002 to manage the .ORG top-level domain. It took over operation of .ORG in January 2003 and launched the .NGO and .ONG top-level domains in March 2015. [1] In November 2019, it was announced the Public Interest Registry ...

  8. PGIM - Wikipedia

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    PGIM, Inc. ( PGIM ), formerly known as Prudential Investment Management, functions as the asset management arm of Prudential Financial, an American life insurance company. Headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, United States, PGIM manages more than $1 trillion in assets across its fixed income, equity, real estate, alternatives, and multi-asset ...

  9. U.S. prime rate - Wikipedia

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    U.S. prime rate. The U.S. prime rate is in principle the interest rate at which a supermajority (3/4ths) of large banks loan money to their most creditworthy corporate clients. [1] As such, it serves as the de facto floor for private-sector lending, and is the baseline from which common "consumer" interest rates are set (e.g. credit card rates).