Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates

NPR | By Jack Speer

Published November 6, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Federal Reserve Board policy makers meet today in Washington, D.C. After a series of interest rate cuts last year, the Fed has kept rates at their current levels since December. But many economists expect the Fed to cut interest rates after today's meeting. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

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