The spring of 2020 marked the start of the COVID-19pandemic and ushered in a period ... Inflation reached a 40-year high in 2022, prompting the FederalReserve to raise its target rate in an ...
The FederalReserve concluded 2024 ... funds rate at the outset of the pandemic when governments imposed business lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19. It then raised the federal funds ...
The FederalReserve sees fighting inflation as essential ... The three decades prior to the onset of the COVID-19pandemic saw much more controlled inflation, with 5.4% in the 1990s being the ...