# Fed Meeting Today: Central Bankers Can't 'Do Two Things At Once,' Powell Said

> The Federal Reserve cut its fed funds rate for the third time in a row on December 10, and Chair Powell addressed reporters afterward. President Trump said the cut was insufficient and should have been at least twice as large.

- Date: 2025-12-10 · published 2025-12-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/21403-fed-meeting-today-central-bankers-can-t-do-two-things-at-once-powell-said
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Rate cuts and expectations of a weaker dollar can support commodity prices broadly, though the direct effect on feed ingredient supply and demand is limited.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2024-07-31 | [Fed Meeting Today: Live Analysis on Interest Rates, Powell Speech - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29142-fed-meeting-today-live-analysis-on-interest-rates-powell-speech-bloomberg.md) | -0.5% | -1.9% |
| DXY | 2023-03-21 | [Dollar, Sterling Fall Ahead Of Fed, BoE Meetings Amid Banking Stress](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37061-dollar-sterling-fall-ahead-of-fed-boe-meetings-amid-banking-stress.md) | -0.6% | -1.4% |
| DXY | 2023-06-15 | [European Central Bank raises rates by 25 basis points at June 2023 meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35702-european-central-bank-raises-rates-by-25-basis-points-at-june-2023-meeting.md) | -0.0% | -1.5% |
| DXY | 2021-06-24 | [Latam FX cheers weak U.S. data; Mexican central bank awaited \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46802-latam-fx-cheers-weak-u-s-data-mexican-central-bank-awaited-financial-post.md) | +0.2% | +1.0% |
| DXY | 2024-09-30 | [Strong Thai baht hitting exporters and tourism, says central bank](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28593-strong-thai-baht-hitting-exporters-and-tourism-says-central-bank.md) | +0.9% | +3.1% |

## Sources

- investopedia.com: https://www.investopedia.com/fed-meeting-live-december-11865793

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