# Last US FOMC of the Year in Focus... Impact on Exchange Rates and Korean Monetary Policy - The Asia Business Daily

> The Fed's final FOMC meeting of 2023 is set for December 12-13, with a rate hold almost certain at 97.1% probability. Markets are focused on the timing of 2024 rate cuts, with futures pricing roughly 43% odds of a March cut and 49% for May, while Chair Powell said it is too early to confidently conclude policy is sufficiently tight.

- Date: 2023-12-10 · published 2023-12-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/32966-last-us-fomc-of-the-year-in-focus-impact-on-exchange-rates-and-korean-monetary
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md), [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

Expectations for Fed easing shape dollar direction and emerging-market currency strength, which in turn affects the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for Asian buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: neutral
- USDKRW: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2024-05-10 | [The Fed - Monetary Policy and Exchange Rates during the Global Tightening](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30140-the-fed-monetary-policy-and-exchange-rates-during-the-global-tightening.md) | -0.8% | +1.1% |
| DXY | 2019-11-21 | [Account of the monetary policy meeting](https://feedsoft.ai/events/56279-account-of-the-monetary-policy-meeting.md) | +0.3% | -1.1% |
| DXY | 2024-08-30 | [FX Daily: US and eurozone inflation in focus \| articles \| ING THINK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29011-fx-daily-us-and-eurozone-inflation-in-focus-articles-ing-think.md) | +0.2% | -0.9% |
| DXY | 2021-12-01 | [Dollar falls; yen and Swiss franc gain in post-Omicron gyrations \| The Business Standard](https://feedsoft.ai/events/43837-dollar-falls-yen-and-swiss-franc-gain-in-post-omicron-gyrations-the-business.md) | -0.3% | -0.7% |
| DXY | 2020-02-28 | [Richard H Clarida: US economic outlook and monetary policy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/54504-richard-h-clarida-us-economic-outlook-and-monetary-policy.md) | -0.5% | +4.3% |

## Sources

- asiae.co.kr: https://www.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2023121010534037633

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