Federal Reserve Expected to Hold Interest Rates Stead
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The Fed once set interest rates at 20%—a U.S. record!
Fed Chair Paul Volcker raised the federal funds rate to 20% in June 1981 to crush double-digit inflation. It worked: inflation fell from 14.8% in 1980 to 3.2% by 1983—but triggered a painful recession.
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The 1973 Arab Oil Embargo nearly doubled U.S. gas prices overnight.
Arab nations halted oil exports to the U.S. in Oct. 1973, sending gas prices from ~38¢ to over 55¢ per gallon. The crisis led Congress to create the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in 1975 — still used today to stabilize prices.
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