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• Survey: America’s top economists expect double-digit unemployment rate into 2021

  Forecasts were wide-ranging when it comes to predicting how much damage the pandemic caused.

  8 min read Jun 03, 2020

  

• If you have a student loan, here’s what happens when the Fed lowers rates

  Some borrowers may want to start paying attention after the Fed’s rate cuts.

  5 min read May 29, 2020

  

• How is the U.S. economy doing? Here are 7 key signs to watch during coronavirus crisis

  The coronavirus pandemic has suffocated the longest expansion on record.

  12 min read May 27, 2020

  

• The unemployment rate, explained – and why the coronavirus crisis has caused it to skyrocket

  Joblessness has surged to catastrophic levels not seen for nearly a century.

  9 min read May 08, 2020

  

• Here’s what the Fed has to see before lifting interest rates from rock bottom

  One of the Fed’s greatest fears is a slow and grueling economic recovery.

  8 min read May 08, 2020

  

• What is the federal funds rate? How the Fed sets interest rates, explained

  It’s not as if the Fed goes out and contacts every U.S. lender.

  8 min read May 07, 2020

  

• Fed expects to hold rates near zero until economy has weathered ‘severe’ virus effects

  The coronavirus pandemic has brought the U.S. economy to its knees.

  5 min read Apr 29, 2020

  

• How the Federal Reserve impacts savings accounts

  For savers, here’s what to consider when the Fed changes interest rates.

  3 min read Apr 29, 2020

  

• 5 ways the Fed’s interest rate decisions impact you

  The Fed’s actions have a great deal of influence on your money.

  5 min read Apr 29, 2020

  

• How to protect your money from rate decreases with a CD

  The Fed’s recent actions may force savers to start thinking differently about their money.

  2 min read Apr 29, 2020