Fed Rate Cut: What Consumers Should Expect in the Coming Months
Fed Rate Cut: What Consumers Should Expect in the Coming Months
Fed rate cuts may not immediately affect consumers' financial decisions. Experts indicate that noticeable changes will take time, especially for loans like mortgages. It is suggested that consumers work on improving their credit scores in the interim.
Minimal Immediate Impact
The fact is, the impact at the outset is pretty minimal except on loans as large as mortgages. Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate, emphasizes that even modest interest-rate adjustments can yield significant changes for mortgages.
Future Expectations
This is the beginning of a series of rate cuts, McBride notes. He anticipates that as the rate cuts accumulate throughout this year and into 2025, consumers may begin to feel the financial relief more noticeably.
Improving Credit Scores
- Make on-time payments
- Reduce credit utilization
- Overall, work on boosting credit scores
Regardless of the Fed's actions, the most impactful move borrowers can make is to enhance their credit scores to secure better interest rates when borrowing money.
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