Federal Reserve Interest Rates And The Housing Market
The Federal Reserve has once again hit the pause button in its war on inflation. After raising rates 11 times in 2022 and 2023, the central bank has been standing pat. Following the Fed’s March 20 meeting, its second of 2024, Chairman Jerome Powell held steady again, announcing no change in interest rates for the time being.
The Federal Reserve and the housing market
Earlier in the inflationary cycle, the Fed had enacted increases of as much as three-quarters of a point. Now that inflation is down to 3.2 percent — not too far off from its official target of

