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  • The Fed is finally cutting rates, but banks aren’t in the clear just yet

    The Fed is finally cutting rates, but banks aren’t in the clear just yet

    Falling interest rates are usually good news for banks, especially when the cuts aren’t a harbinger of recession. That’s because lower rates will slow the migration of money that’s happened over the past two years as customers shifted cash out of checking accounts and into higher-yielding options like CDs and money market funds. When the Federal Reserve cut…