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🏠 Mortgage & HomeSeptember 18, 2024

The Fed Cut Rates Half a Point — What It Means for a Mortgage

The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate by 0.50 points, its first cut since 2020 — here's the mechanism, and what a rate move like this could do to a mortgage payment.

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📊 General Finance2024

Inflation Cooled in 2024 — "Cooled" Still Means Compounding

US inflation came down a long way from its 2022 peak — but a lower rate still means prices keep climbing. Here's what that does to what your money actually buys.

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