Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Fed Leaves Benchmark Rate Unchanged

The Fed left it's target fed funds rate at 2.0%, as widely expected. The stock market cheered the non-change and the Dow rallied over 200 points. The url below links to the Board of Governor's website and the FOMC statement:

http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/monetary/20080805a.htm