Fed Funds refer to the rate at which banks borrow funds from one another with the balances held at the federal reserve.
The term eurodollar refers to the dollar denominated deposits at foreign banks.and they held outside United states Banks.
the former one is within the united states whereas the latter one is held outside the state.
SOFR refers to Secured Overnight Financing Rate is the interest rate that banks use to charge dollar denominated derivatives and loans. Compared to Fed Funds it is basically for derivatives as well as for loans but the fed funds is only for inter bank loans.
What is the Fed Funds rate and how does it compare to Eurodollars? How does the...
What is the Fed Funds rate? What is the difference between the target Fed Funds rate and the effective Fed Funds rate? Why is the Fed considering a cut in the Fed Funds Rate? What are bank reserves? What are required reserves? What are excess reserves?
If inflation has been running -1%, what real interest rate does a Fed Funds rate of 0% correspond to?
How can a SOFR, Federal Funds, or Eurodollar futures contract be used to imply the SOF rate, the Fed Funds rate, or the Eurodollar rate? Describe the underlying vs. the actual futures contract in both of these cases.
What happens to the fed funds rate when the Fed increases the reserve requirements? Draw the graph and explain what happens to the federal funds rate.
how many times did the Fed funds rate change in 2018? and what was the total amount of change?
what is the influence of the fed-funds rate on other rates?
When the Fed is easing monetary policy it is: A) lowering the fed funds target rate and buying bonds B) lowering the fed funds target rate and selling bonds C) increasing the fed funds target rate and buying bonds D) increasing the fed funds target rate and selling bonds
1. Given the Taylor Rule, if nominal inflation is 4.3%, the FED target inflation rate is 2%, the real Fed Funds rate is 0.7%, the log of real output is 3.0155, and the log of potential output is 3.0445; what should the be the FED's Fed Funds target rate?
Explain how the Fed uses open market operations and discount lending to affect the fed funds rate and reserves in the banking system?
Assume that the equilibrium real fed funds rate is 2% and that an appropriate target for inflation would also be 2%. The country's potential GDP growth rate is known as 3%. Suppose that the current inflation rate is 3% and actual growth rate is 4%. (a) Then, what would be the central bank's target interest rate implied by Taylor Rule? (b) Suppose current monetary policy interest rate (fed funds rate) is 8%. Evaluate the current monetary policy stance using the...