11 Mar 2020 This was the first unscheduled base rate vote since the financial crisis. rates in the coming years, but a deteriorating global growth outlook  4 Feb 2020 Fed's Bostic says new virus hasn't changed his outlook speaks at a European Financial Forum event in Dublin, Ireland February 13, 2019. Futures tied to the Fed's policy rate, which in early January showed most bets  3 Mar 2020 Fed chair Jay Powell delivers remarks on decision to cut rates the first intermeeting action since December 2008, during the financial crisis.