Fed keeps rates on hold
Policy makers leave fed funds rate at 6.5%, discount rate at 6%
June 28, 2000: 2:17 p.m. ET
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The Federal Reserve opted to hold the line on interest rates Wednesday, a signal that policy makers believe their efforts to slow U.S. economic growth are working -- for now.
The Federal Open Market Committee left its influential fed funds target for overnight loans between banks at 6.5 percent. It also left the discount rate -- the rate at which the Fed's 12 district banks lend directly to financial institutions -- at 6 percent.
The Fed action was widely anticipated.
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Policy makers leave fed funds rate at 6.5%, discount rate at 6%
June 28, 2000: 2:17 p.m. ET
NEW YORK (CNNfn) - The Federal Reserve opted to hold the line on interest rates Wednesday, a signal that policy makers believe their efforts to slow U.S. economic growth are working -- for now.
The Federal Open Market Committee left its influential fed funds target for overnight loans between banks at 6.5 percent. It also left the discount rate -- the rate at which the Fed's 12 district banks lend directly to financial institutions -- at 6 percent.
The Fed action was widely anticipated.
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