Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • Economy - Economics USA Fed Boosts Interest Rate 1/4 point to 4% 11-02-2005 • Associated Press Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan and his colleagues voted unanimously to boost the rate banks charge each other by a quarter-point, to 4 percent. It was the 12th increase of that size since the Fed began tightening credit in June 2004. Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: