fed

1 of 2

abbreviation

federal; federation

Fed

2 of 2

noun

1
often not capitalized : a federal agent, officer, or official
usually used in plural
2

Examples of fed in a Sentence

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Noun
Decisions about interest rates, Fed officials say, are based solely on how the economy evolves, and whether inflation keeps trending down. Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 In remarks Monday, Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic said the Fed could likely approve two quarter-point rate cuts by the end of this year. Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024 In the meantime, dampening the spirits of the soft-landing hopefuls was that Fed Chair Jerome Powell put off talk of interest rate cuts. Paolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Mar. 2024 And while the rise was in line with projections, the index, which Fed officials view as a crucial gauge of underlying inflation, rose at the fastest monthly pace since February 2023. Krystal Hur, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 Some banks continue to tighten credit standards in 2024, according to the latest Fed survey, taken in January. Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024 Analysts at the time credited the surge to three main factors, including anticipation of the SEC's approval of the spot ETFs, anticipation of Fed rate cuts and its upcoming halving event, in which the reward for mining bitcoin is cut in half. Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024 When a Women's Fed Up, 3 p.m., Taft Theatre, 317 E. Fifth St., Downtown. Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024 While many economists point out the controversial Fed rate hikes of the 2020s are merely normalizing the rates of many eras before, homeowners and prospective buyers have grown accustomed to a Federal base rate of effectively less than 1%. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

short for federal

First Known Use

Noun

1916, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of fed was in 1916

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“Fed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fed. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Legal Definition

Fed

noun
ˈfed
: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System see also Federal Reserve System

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