# The Federal Reserve’s Response to COVID-19: Policy Issues

> A Congressional Research Service report reviews the Federal Reserve's COVID-19 response, including rate cuts, discount window lending and dollar swap lines with foreign central banks. Swaps outstanding peaked near $450 billion in May 2020. The Fed also created emergency facilities to support commercial paper and other markets.

- Date: 2020-06-12 · published 2020-06-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/52531-the-federal-reserve-s-response-to-covid-19-policy-issues
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Dollar liquidity support and emergency lending helped stabilize funding markets that feed importers and exporters rely on. The policy backdrop supports demand for commodities, though it does not directly move feed prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2020-04-13 | [Federal Reserve: Monetary Policy Actions in Response to COVID-19 - EveryCRSReport.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53570-federal-reserve-monetary-policy-actions-in-response-to-covid-19-everycrsreport.md) | +0.6% | +0.3% |
| DXY | 2020-10-21 | [The Federal Reserve’s New Monetary Policy Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50554-the-federal-reserve-s-new-monetary-policy-strategy.md) | -0.2% | -1.6% |
| 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% |
| DXY | 2019-01-30 | [U.S. Dollar Dives after Federal Reserve Moves to the Sidelines](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61290-u-s-dollar-dives-after-federal-reserve-moves-to-the-sidelines.md) | +0.0% | +0.2% |
| DXY | 2017-03-30 | [The Importance of Financial Conditions in the Conduct of Monetary Policy - FEDERAL RESERVE BANK of NEW YORK](https://feedsoft.ai/events/72194-the-importance-of-financial-conditions-in-the-conduct-of-monetary-policy.md) | +0.2% | +0.2% |

## Sources

- everycrsreport.com: https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R46411.html

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