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PERSONAL FINANCE GLOSSARY


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Current TermFederal Funds Rate
Federal Funds Rate
This is the 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 U.S. interest rates.
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