Fed Lowers Interest Rate by 0.50 Percent

The Kansas City Globe e-Edition
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at Wednesday’s press conference photo/ federalreserve.gov--video screen capture
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at Wednesday’s press conference photo/ federalreserve.gov--video screen capture

KCG-- The Federal Reserve on Wednesday made big news when Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced at a press conference that it is cutting its benchmark interest rate by 0.50 percentage points. According to a story posted on msn.com, “Powell said the decision to ease more aggressively was determined partly by the central bank’s confidence that inflation will soon reach policy makers’ goal of a 2% ann…