With flu symptoms, you usuallyâthough not alwaysâdo see a fever, often in the 100 to 102 range (though that can be higher, especially in young children). Don't be surprised if the fever lasts several days. Even though it feels awful, remember that fevers are your body's way of fighting off the infection.
Graph | Chart | More Interest Rates. Commonly known as the Fed Funds Rate, the Federal Funds Rate is a short-term rate objective or Target Rate of the Federal Reserve Board. The actual Fed Funds Rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions lend balances at the Federal Reserve to other depository institutions overnight. The real rate changes daily but is usually close to the target rate desired by the Federal Reserve.
This rate is set during the FOMC meetings by the regional banks and the Federal Reserve Board. The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks loan excess reserves to each other. While the Fed can't directly affect this rate, it effectively controls it through the way it buys and sells Treasuries to banks. There are 8 scheduled FOMC meetings during the course of each year.