Fed Raises Benchmark Rate to 3.75%-4.00%, First Hike in Three Years

MacroDigital Finance Impact 4
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The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%, up from 3.50% to 3.75%, its first hike in three years, and forecast one more increase this year with no hikes in 2027. The move lands on a more leveraged consumer: credit-card balances have grown to $1.26 trillion from roughly $840 billion in the first quarter of 2022, while the average annual percentage rate on a card with a balance has climbed to over 22% from nearly 18% in 2022. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.17% on Monday, a 20-month high, and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note was hovering around the 5% mark, well above its roughly 2% level in March 2022. Outstanding personal-loan balances hit a record $281 billion in the second quarter, nearly 10% year-over-year growth, according to TransUnion. Advisers quoted in the report said households should build a debt inventory, prioritize paying down the highest-rate floating balances such as credit cards, and treat cash savings as secondary to clearing 20% card debt.

Impact on stocks 3

Cybersecurity & Digital Trust▲ · 1 stocks
TransUnion
TRU
± MixedDemandrelevance

TransUnion is cited only as the source of record personal-loan balance data, not for any company-specific development.

Others▲ · 2 stocks
％Effective Federal Funds Rate
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▲ PositiveMonetaryrelevance

The Fed raised the benchmark rate to 3.75%-4.00%, its first hike in three years, lifting the effective federal funds rate.

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