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  1. How The Rate Hike Will Affect Your Wallet: Student loans, Mortgages, Savings accounts and Credit cards

    by , 12-25-2015 at 10:45 AM
    The Federal Reserve has decided to raise interest rates by 0.25%. Here's what the move means for your student loans, mortgages, credit cards, and all other facets of your wallet.

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    Bankrate’s McBride noted that adjustable-rate mortgages only adjust once per year — so it’s not as if you will see your payments fluctuating on a monthly basis. However, this means that “the Fed could raise rates two or three times becore your rate adjusts. Then ...
  2. The Federal Reserve Explained In 7 Minutes

    by , 12-15-2015 at 04:52 PM
    The Federal Reserve Explained In 7 Minutes

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    Chair Janet Yellen grabbed everyone’s attention this year when she implied that the Federal Reserve, aka the Fed, may raise interest rates for the first time in six years. The markets have been responding ever since, once again proving that the Fed holds a lot of the cards when it comes to the U.S. economy.

    But what exactly is the Fed? And how did it become so powerful?
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