# Federal Reserve begins cutting rates

> 50 bp cut starts an easing cycle; USD softens.

- Date: 2024-09-18 · published 2024-09-18T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34-federal-reserve-begins-cutting-rates
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2022-03-16 | [Federal Reserve begins rate-hiking cycle](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19-federal-reserve-begins-rate-hiking-cycle.md) | -1.0% | -0.7% |
| DXY | 2016-12-15 | [Optimistic Federal Reserve Hikes Rates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73656-optimistic-federal-reserve-hikes-rates.md) | +1.6% | +1.1% |
| DXY | 2025-12-11 | [Gold price climbs after interest rates cut by Federal Reserve](https://feedsoft.ai/events/21406-gold-price-climbs-after-interest-rates-cut-by-federal-reserve.md) | -0.4% | -0.4% |
| DXY | 2022-09-21 | [Federal Reserve Meeting Fed Makes Another Big Rate Increase](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10326-federal-reserve-meeting-fed-makes-another-big-rate-increase.md) | +2.6% | +2.6% |
| DXY | 2017-12-13 | [Federal Reserve Board - Federal Reserve issues FOMC statement](https://feedsoft.ai/events/67388-federal-reserve-board-federal-reserve-issues-fomc-statement.md) | -0.4% | -1.8% |

## Sources

- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve

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