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The Federal Reserve considers several factors when deciding to raise or lower interest rates. These include the current state of the economy, inflation rates, unemployment rates, and the overall financial stability of the country. If the economy is growing too fast and inflation is high, the Fed may raise interest rates to slow down borrowing and spending. On the other hand, if the economy is in a downturn and inflation is low, the Fed may lower interest rates to encourage borrowing and stimulate economic growth.
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The Federal Reserve was created to help control inflation and deflation in the economy. It does this by regulating the interest rates of borrowed money, which alters the amount of capital that flows throughout the economy. Economic growth is stimulated when interest rates are lowered because corporations are more incentivized to borrow money for investment purposes when the money is cheaper. Alternatively, when prices rise too high, too fast, The Fed will raise interest rates to offset borrowing and slow the rising inflation costs.
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