Discount Rate Reduced by 50 Basis Points
To All Depository Institutions and Others Concerned in the Second Federal Reserve District:
The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) today lowered its target for the federal funds rate by 50 basis points, to 2 ½ percent. In addition, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System approved a 50 basis point reduction in the discount rate, to 2 percent.
The FOMC's announcement is contained in today's Federal Reserve press release.
The Board's discount rate action was taken at the requests of the boards of directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Cleveland, Richmond, Atlanta, St. Louis, Kansas City, and San Francisco.