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Sep 2024
16m 22s

Fed Up with High Rates? Here’s How a Cut...

NerdWallet Personal Finance
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Learn how the Fed’s interest rate cuts may affect your loans, savings, and investments, as well as what to do about refinancing. How could interest rate cuts affect credit card debt? Will it be easier or cheaper to get a mortgage or auto loan with interest rates going down? Is now a good time to refinance? Hosts Sean Pyles and Anna Helhoski break down how t ... Show More
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