The benchmark interest rate in the United States was last recorded at 4.50 percent. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Fed Funds Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The U.S. federal funds effective rate underwent a dramatic reduction in early 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rate plummeted from 1.58 percent in February 2020 to 0.65 percent in March, and further decreased to 0.05 percent in April. This sharp reduction, accompanied by the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program, was implemented to stabilize the economy during the global health crisis. After maintaining historically low rates for nearly two years, the Federal Reserve began a series of rate hikes in early 2022, with the rate moving from 0.33 percent in April 2022 to 5.33 percent in August 2023. The rate remained unchanged for over a year, before the Federal Reserve initiated its first rate cut in nearly three years in September 2024, bringing the rate to 5.13 percent. By December 2024, the rate was cut to 4.48 percent, signaling a shift in monetary policy in the second half of 2024. In January 2025, the Federal Reserve implemented another cut, setting the rate at 4.33 percent, which remained unchanged throughout the following months. What is the federal funds effective rate? The U.S. federal funds effective rate determines the interest rate paid by depository institutions, such as banks and credit unions, that lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight. Changing the effective rate in times of crisis is a common way to stimulate the economy, as it has a significant impact on the whole economy, such as economic growth, employment, and inflation. Central bank policy rates The adjustment of interest rates in response to the COVID-19 pandemic was a coordinated global effort. In early 2020, central banks worldwide implemented aggressive monetary easing policies to combat the economic crisis. The U.S. Federal Reserve's dramatic reduction of its federal funds rate - from 1.58 percent in February 2020 to 0.05 percent by April - mirrored similar actions taken by central banks globally. While these low rates remained in place throughout 2021, mounting inflationary pressures led to a synchronized tightening cycle beginning in 2022, with central banks pushing rates to multi-year highs. By mid-2024, as inflation moderated across major economies, central banks began implementing their first rate cuts in several years, with the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and European Central Bank all easing monetary policy.

Graph and download economic data for FOMC Summary of Economic Projections for the Fed Funds Rate, Median (FEDTARMD) from 2025 to 2027 about projection, federal, median, rate, and USA.

The benchmark interest rate in Japan was last recorded at 0.50 percent. This dataset provides - Japan Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Interest Rates, Discount Rate for United States (INTDSRUSM193N) from Jan 1950 to Aug 2021 about discount, interest rate, interest, rate, and USA.

The benchmark interest rate in Mexico was last recorded at 7.75 percent. This dataset provides - Mexico Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Effective Federal Funds Rate in the United States remained unchanged at 4.33 percent on Tuesday July 29. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for the United States Effective Federal Funds Rate.

The benchmark interest rate in Sweden was last recorded at 2 percent. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Sweden Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The benchmark interest rate in Canada was last recorded at 2.75 percent. This dataset provides - Canada Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for Personal Saving Rate (PSAVERT) from Jan 1959 to Jun 2025 about savings, personal, rate, and USA.

The benchmark interest rate in China was last recorded at 3 percent. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - China Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Graph and download economic data for Dates of U.S. recessions as inferred by GDP-based recession indicator (JHDUSRGDPBR) from Q4 1967 to Q1 2025 about recession indicators, GDP, and USA.

The benchmark interest rate in Brazil was last recorded at 15 percent. This dataset provides - Brazil Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

View data of the S&P 500, an index of the stocks of 500 leading companies in the US economy, which provides a gauge of the U.S. equity market.

The German Internet Panel (GIP) is an infrastructure project. The GIP serves to collect data about individual attitudes and preferences which are relevant for political and economic decision-making processes. Experimental variations were used in the instruments. The questionnaire contains numerous randomisations as well as a cross-questionnaire experiment. Topics: Party preference (Sunday question); assessment of the importance of selected policy fields for the federal government (labour market, foreign policy, education and research, citizen participation, energy supply, food and agriculture, European unification, family, health care system, gender equality, internal security, personal rights, pension system, national debt, tax system, environment and climate protection, consumer protection, transport, defence, currency, economy, immigration and integration); currently most important policy areas for the respondent; satisfaction with the performance of the federal government (scalometer); satisfaction with the performance of the parties CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Die Linke (scalometer); probability of an external event: Effects of the Ukraine crisis on the availability and price of Russian gas in Germany; Federal government should draw consequences from the Ukraine crisis and find alternatives to the purchase of Russian gas; assessment of political decisions of the Federal government on the introduction of a rent brake and a car toll, on the expansion of the digital infrastructure as well as on the re-regulation of prostitution; respective responsibility for the fact that corresponding laws have not yet been passed; expected change in unemployment due to the introduction of the minimum wage respectively in Eastern Germany, Western Germany and in Germany as a whole; opinion on the introduction of a statutory minimum wage; assessment of an alternative proposal to the minimum wage (state pays the difference between the real hourly wage and a gross wage of 8.50 euros); opinion on lowering the minimum wage in regions with high unemployment instead of the same minimum wage throughout Germany; self-assessment of patience and willingness to take risks (scalometer); preferred date for the debt brake (from 2015, from 2020, from 2025, after 2030 or not at all); assessment of the debt brake; assessment of the probability that one´s own federal state will manage without new debt from 2020; one´s own federal state should comply with the debt brake if not all 16 federal states manage without new debt from 2020; net household income resp. personal income; own willingness to pay an additional tax amount so that the own federal state can get along without new debts from 2020 onwards and the amount of this contribution (answer scale depending on household income and personal income); debts of cities and municipalities: Willingness to pay additional fees so that the municipality of residence can manage without new debts and the amount of this contribution (classified); willingness to agree to the merger of one´s own federal state with a neighbouring federal state; opinion on self-determination of the tax level by the federal states; opinion on the financing of infrastructure costs in poor regions via a common EU budget; opinion on EU loans within the framework of the euro bailout fund for heavily indebted member states; opinion on the fiscal equalisation system between the federal states; whether one´s own federal state belongs to the donor states or the recipient states; opinion on a law on the formation of reserves by the federal states for the pensions of state civil servants; demand for state measures to reduce income disparities; acceptance of tax evasion; inflation in Germany: Assessment of the price development for food and clothing in general and measured against the expectations of the European Central Bank (ECB) (inflation expectations); expected annual inflation rate in five and in ten years (medium-term and long-term inflation); assessment of the European Central Bank with regard to price stability in the Eurozone; preferred combination of the amount of monthly expenditure and the amount of a loan repayment; reception frequency of news in general and of news on the topic of economy. Demography: sex; citizenship; year of birth (categorised); highest school-leaving qualification; highest professional qualification; marital status; household size; employment status; private internet use; federal state. Additionally coded were: Interview date; year of recruitment; questionnaire evaluation; overall interview assessment; unique ID identifier, household identifier and person identifier within household. Das German Internet Panel (GIP) ist ein Infrastrukturprojekt. Das GIP dient der Erhebung von Daten über individuelle Einstellungen und Präferenzen, die für politische und ökonomische Entscheidungsprozesse relevant sind. Es wurden experimentelle Variationen in den Instrumenten eingesetzt. Der Fragebogen enthält zahlreiche Randomisierungen sowie ein fragebogenübergreifendes Experiment. Themen: Parteipräferenz (Sonntagsfrage); Einschätzung der Wichtigkeit ausgewählter Politikfelder für die Bundesregierung (Arbeitsmarkt, Außenpolitik, Bildung und Forschung, Bürgerbeteiligung, Energieversorgung, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft, Europäische Einigung, Familie, Gesundheitssystem, Gleichstellung von Frauen und Männern, Innere Sicherheit, Persönlichkeitsrechte, Rentensystem, Staatsverschuldung, Steuersystem, Umwelt und Klimaschutz, Verbraucherschutz, Verkehr, Verteidigung, Währung, Wirtschaft, Zuwanderung und Integration); derzeit wichtigste Politikfelder für den Befragten; Zufriedenheit mit den Leistungen der Bundesregierung (Skalometer); Zufriedenheit mit den Leistungen der Parteien CDU/CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Die Linke (Skalometer); Wahrscheinlichkeit eines von außen wirkenden Ereignisses: Auswirkungen der Ukraine-Krise auf die Verfügbarkeit und den Preis von russischem Gas in Deutschland; Bundesregierung sollte Konsequenzen aus der Ukraine-Krise ziehen und Alternativen zum Bezug von russischem Gas finden; Beurteilung von politischen Entscheidungen der Bundesregierung zur Einführung einer Mietpreisbremse und einer Pkw-Maut, zum Ausbau der digitalen Infrastruktur sowie zur Neuregulierung von Prostitution; jeweilige Verantwortlichkeit für die bisher nicht erfolgte Verabschiedung entsprechender Gesetze; erwartete Veränderung der Arbeitslosigkeit durch die Einführung des Mindestlohns jeweils in Ostdeutschland, Westdeutschland und in Deutschland insgesamt; Meinung zur Einführung eines gesetzlichen Mindestlohns; Bewertung eines Alternativvorschlags zum Mindestlohn (Staat zahlt Differenz zwischen dem realen Stundenlohn und einem Bruttolohn von 8,50 Euro); Meinung zur Senkung des Mindestlohns in Regionen mit hoher Arbeitslosigkeit statt gleicher Mindestlohn in ganz Deutschland; Selbsteinschätzung der Geduld und der Risikobereitschaft (Skalometer); präferierter Zeitpunkt für die Schuldenbremse (ab 2015, ab 2020, ab 2025, nach 2030 oder überhaupt nicht); Bewertung der Schuldenbremse; Einschätzung der Wahrscheinlichkeit, dass das eigene Bundesland ab 2020 ohne neue Schulden auskommt; eigenes Bundesland sollte Schuldenbremse einhalten, falls nicht alle 16 Bundesländer ab 2020 ohne neue Schulden auskommen; Haushaltsnettoeinkommen bzw. persönliches Einkommen; eigene Bereitschaft zur Zahlung eines zusätzlichen Steuerbetrages, damit das eigene Bundesland ab 2020 ohne neue Schulden auskommt und Höhe dieses Beitrags (Antwortskala abhängig vom Haushaltseinkommen und dem persönlichen Einkommen); Schulden von Städten und Gemeinden: Bereitschaft zur Zahlung zusätzlicher Gebühren, damit die Wohngemeinde ohne neue Schulden auskommt und Höhe diese Betrages (klassiert); Bereitschaft, dem Zusammenschluss des eigenen Bundeslandes mit einem benachbarten Bundesland zuzustimmen; Meinung zur Selbstbestimmung der Steuerhöhe durch die Bundesländer; Meinung zur Finanzierung der Infrastrukturkosten in armen Regionen über einen gemeinsamen EU-Haushalt; Meinung zu EU-Krediten im Rahmen des Euro-Rettungsschirms für stark verschuldete Mitgliedsstaaten; Meinung zum Länderfinanzausgleich; Zugehörigkeit des eigenen Bundeslandes zu den Geberländern oder Nehmerländern; Meinung zu einem Gesetz zur Bildung von Rücklagen durch die Bundesländer für die Pensionen von Landesbeamten; Forderung nach staatlichen Maßnahmen zur Verringerung von Einkommensunterschieden; Akzeptanz von Steuerhinterziehung; Inflation in Deutschland: Einschätzung der Preisentwicklung für Lebensmittel und Kleidung allgemein und gemessen an den Erwartungen der Europäischen Zentralbank (EZB) (Inflationserwartung); erwarte jährliche Inflationsrate in fünf und in zehn Jahren (mittelfristige und langfristige Inflation); Beurteilung der Europäischen Zentralbank im Hinblick auf die Preisstabilität in der Eurozone; präferierte Kombination der Höhe von monatlichen Ausgaben und der Höhe einer Kreditrückzahlung; Rezeptionshäufigkeit von Nachrichten allgemein und von Nachrichten zum Thema Wirtschaft. Demographie: Geschlecht; Staatsbürgerschaft; Geburtsjahr (kategorisiert); höchster Schulabschluss; höchste berufliche Qualifikation; Familienstand; Haushaltsgröße; Erwerbsstatus; private Internetnutzung; Bundesland. Zusätzlich verkodet wurde: Interviewdatum; Jahr der Rekrutierung; Fragebogenevaluation; Beurteilung der Befragung insgesamt; eindeutige ID-Kennung, Haushalts-Kennung und Personen-Kennung innerhalb des Haushalts.

Fixed 30-year mortgage rates in the United States averaged 6.77 percent in the week ending August 1 of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States MBA 30-Yr Mortgage Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The benchmark interest rate in the United Kingdom was last recorded at 4 percent. This dataset provides - United Kingdom Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Graph and download economic data for All Employees: Leisure and Hospitality: Limited-Service Restaurants and Other Eating Places in California (SMU06000007072259001SA) from Jan 1990 to Jun 2025 about restaurant, leisure, hospitality, food, CA, services, employment, and USA.

The benchmark interest rate in Switzerland was last recorded at 0 percent. This dataset provides - Switzerland Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The benchmark interest rate in Indonesia was last recorded at 5.25 percent. This dataset provides - Indonesia Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.