# United States Federal Funds Target Range Lower Bound – Dec 15, 2016: 0.5

> Canonical page: https://fxmacrodata.com/united-states/policy-rate-target-lower/announcements/usd_policy_rate_target_lower_2016-12-15
> Publisher: FXMacroData (https://fxmacrodata.com) — official-source macroeconomic release records
> License: https://fxmacrodata.com/terms

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Status | Released |
| Actual | 0.5 |
| Previous | -- |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Reference period | 2016-12-15 |
| Release time (local) | Estimated 2016-12-15 14:00 America/New_York |
| Release time (UTC) | Estimated 2016-12-15 19:00 UTC |
| Release ID | usd_policy_rate_target_lower_2016-12-15 |

United States Federal Funds Target Range Lower Bound came in at 0.5 on Dec 15, 2016. See the full release history, chart, Federal Reserve context, and API access for this series.

## Recent release history

| Release date | Actual | Previous | Forecast |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-10-28 | 3.75 | 3.75 | 3.77 |
| 2026-09-16 | 3.75 | 3.5 | 3.52 |
| 2026-07-29 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2026-06-17 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2026-04-29 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2026-03-18 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2026-01-28 | 3.5 | 3.5 | -- |
| 2025-12-10 | 3.5 | 3.75 | -- |
| 2025-10-29 | 3.75 | 4 | -- |
| 2025-09-17 | 4 | 4.25 | -- |
| 2025-07-30 | 4.25 | 4.25 | -- |
| 2025-06-18 | 4.25 | 4.25 | -- |

## API access

```
GET https://api.fxmacrodata.com/v1/announcements/usd/policy_rate_target_lower
X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY
```

The endpoint returns the full announcement history for this series, including point-in-time release timestamps.

## Related

- Next release: https://fxmacrodata.com/united-states/policy-rate-target-lower/announcements/usd_policy_rate_target_lower_2017-03-16
- Full series and chart: https://fxmacrodata.com/united-states/policy-rate-target-lower
- Machine-readable surfaces index: https://fxmacrodata.com/llms.txt