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Fed's Hammack, On Bloomberg, Interest Rates Are Fed's Most Easily Understood Tool; Goes Into All Fed Meetings With An Open Mind, Low Interest Rate Era May Have Been Unusual

Aug 28, 2026 · 09:13 AM ET· updated 1h ago

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A Fed official said that interest rates (the cost of borrowing money) are the main tool they use to help the economy, and that super-low rates in the past were not normal. When the Fed changes rates, it affects how much companies and people pay to borrow, which matters for stocks.

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