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Federal funds rateThe interest rate on very short-term loans from one commercial bank to another in the United States. This rate is used as a target for monetary policy by the Fed.Federal funds rateThe interest rate that banks with excess reserves at a Federal Reserve district bank charge other banks that need overnight loans. The Fed funds rate, as it is called, often points to the direction of US interest rates. The most sensitive indicator of the direction of interest rates, since it is set daily by the market, unlike the prime rate and the discount rate.Federal funds rate Similar MatchesFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)A federal institution that insures bank deposits. US Federal ReserveUS Federal ReserveSee: 'Federal Reserve'. Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)Federal Housing Finance Board (FHFB)US government agency chartered in 1989 to assume the responsibilities formerly held by the Federal Home Loan Bank system. Federal Home Loan BanksFederal Home Loan BanksThe institutions that regulate and lend to savings and loan associations. The Federal Home Loan Banks play a role analogous to that played by the Federal Reserve Banks vis-à-vis member commercial banks. Federal Savings and Loan AssociationFederal Savings and Loan AssociationAn institution chartered by the federal government whose primary function is to collect savings deposits and to provide mortgage loans. Further SuggestionsFederal agency securitiesFederal National Mortgage Association (FannieMae) Federal gift tax Federal Reserve notes Federal Advisory Council (FAC) Federal Intermediate Credit Bank Federal Reserve Board Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Federal Insurance Contributions Act Federal Reserve District (Reserve district or district) Federal National Mortgage Association Federal Farm Credit System FHA (Federal Housing Admininistration) Federal Land Bank Federal Reserve System federal agency security Federal Housing Administration (FHA) Federal Home Loan Banks Federal Farm Credit Bank Federal deficit (surplus) Federal Reserve Bank Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) Federal Reserve System Off budget Federal entities Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (fdic) |
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