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On the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note dropped about four basis points to 4.62%.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Earlier in April, before a data release last week that confirmed a third-straight month of sticky inflation, Heinel said the firm was betting on a half-point cut in June and 150 basis points of easing by the end of the year.
—Alice Atkins, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
Last month, the People’s Bank of China cut its five-year loan prime rate by 25 basis points to 3.95%, the first such move since May 2023.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The average new auto loan interest rate that consumers obtained so far March increased to 9.7%, up 80 basis points year-over-year.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
But now, the consensus view implies just three 25 basis point cuts.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
That possibility might lead the Fed to preemptively cut 25 basis points from the current federal funds rate, even if current economic conditions remain unchanged.
—Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The central bank under Erkan raised interest rates by a cumulative 3,650 basis points to 45%.
—Beril Akman, Bloomberg.com, 3 Feb. 2024
Smoke expects three rate cuts of a quarter point each — totaling 75 basis points — in 2024.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 17 Apr. 2024
Earlier in April, before a data release last week that confirmed a third-straight month of sticky inflation, Heinel said the firm was betting on a half-point cut in June and 150 basis points of easing by the end of the year.
—Alice Atkins, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2024
Last month, the People’s Bank of China cut its five-year loan prime rate by 25 basis points to 3.95%, the first such move since May 2023.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
The average new auto loan interest rate that consumers obtained so far March increased to 9.7%, up 80 basis points year-over-year.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
But now, the consensus view implies just three 25 basis point cuts.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
That possibility might lead the Fed to preemptively cut 25 basis points from the current federal funds rate, even if current economic conditions remain unchanged.
—Paul Weinstein Jr., Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
The central bank under Erkan raised interest rates by a cumulative 3,650 basis points to 45%.
—Beril Akman, Bloomberg.com, 3 Feb. 2024
Smoke expects three rate cuts of a quarter point each — totaling 75 basis points — in 2024.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 20 Mar. 2024
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“Basis point.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/basis%20point. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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