Fed Interest Rates March 2024. From there, policymakers planned to hold rates high so steep costs for mortgages, car loans and all sorts of business investments could keep pressure up. The federal reserve is expected to ultimately cut interest rates in 2024, but in a measured way and with action weighted toward the second half.

Now, fed leaders are in yet another. Markets see the fed holding rates steady at their next meeting in march, but anticipate cuts by the summer.