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How the US Federal Reserve sets interest rates
Graham Watson
28th November 2017
How the Federal Reserve sets rates. It's American-focused but shows how the base rate is only part of the story for the average bank customer, and thus equally applicable to the UK too.
Here is a chart showing the Effective Federal Funds Rate since 1955.
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