# Gold falls more than 2% after Fed signals rate-cut slowdown in 2025

> Spot gold fell about 2.1% to $2,589.91 per ounce on December 18, its lowest since November 18, after the Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points but signaled slower cuts ahead. The dollar and bond yields rose on the decision.

- Date: 2024-12-18 · published 2024-12-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/26848-gold-falls-more-than-2-after-fed-signals-rate-cut-slowdown-in-2025
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Higher-for-longer rates lift the opportunity cost of holding non-yielding gold and strengthen the dollar, which tends to weigh on dollar-priced commodities. For feed buyers the effect is indirect, mainly through a firmer dollar that can make US grain and meal exports less competitive.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2024-12-18 | [Gold slides below $2,600 as Fed signals two rate cuts in 2025](https://feedsoft.ai/events/26855-gold-slides-below-2-600-as-fed-signals-two-rate-cuts-in-2025.md) | +0.7% | +1.5% |
| DXY | 2017-01-19 | [Stocks, currencies fall after Fed's Yellen signals rate hikes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11875-stocks-currencies-fall-after-fed-s-yellen-signals-rate-hikes.md) | -0.4% | -1.5% |
| DXY | 2021-06-16 | [Gold slides over 1% after Fed projects rate hikes into 2023](https://feedsoft.ai/events/46487-gold-slides-over-1-after-fed-projects-rate-hikes-into-2023.md) | +1.4% | +1.4% |
| DXY | 2023-06-14 | [US dollar falls, but off four-week lows, as Fed signals more rate hikes \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35412-us-dollar-falls-but-off-four-week-lows-as-fed-signals-more-rate-hikes-reuters.md) | -0.4% | -1.7% |
| DXY | 2022-07-14 | [Canadian dollar falls to a 20-month low after supersized interest rate hike](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40721-canadian-dollar-falls-to-a-20-month-low-after-supersized-interest-rate-hike.md) | -0.6% | -2.1% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/gold-prices-edge-higher-with-focus-feds-policy-decision-2024-12-18/

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