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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The temporary statue was unveiled just hours before the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision was announced

WHAT decision? Way to drop the ball on the only potentially important bit of news mentioned, CNN! 🤦

[–] adhocfungus@midwest.social 7 points 1 week ago

That's what I wanted to know too. My emergency fund is all in T-bills since the pandemic started.

It looks like they dropped it a quarter of a percent, so now it's roughly 4%.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They reduced interest rates by a quarter of a percent.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 6 points 1 week ago

And the dollar instantly fell 1/3 of a percent

These little percentages become huge when you multiply them by tens of trillions