Average APRs have inched down slightly, but you should focus on lowering your credit card balance as soon as you can.

Fed policy decisions directly impact your wallet, including the interest rates on your credit cards. We’ll tell you how.

Here’s how the central bank’s interest rate stance influences car loans, credit cards, mortgages, savings and student loans.

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Factors like your debt-to-income ratio, your income and existing debt all influence the interest rate on your credit card.

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The Fed is unlikely to cut interest rates again when it meets next week, delaying any relief from high borrowing costs.

Consumers and traders are waiting to learn if the Fed’s pause is a one-meeting hold or the start of a longer stretch.