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Fed Funds Rate
Overnight interbank lending rate targeted by the Federal Reserve
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The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks lend reserves to each other overnight. The Federal Reserve targets this rate to influence economic activity, inflation, and employment through monetary policy.
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Macro economics studies large-scale economic factors including interest rates, GDP, inflation, and government policies.
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