# Traders Bet The Fed Will Send The Cavalry - Finimize

> Futures traders now price a 70% chance of a Fed rate cut at the March 18 meeting, up from 9% a week earlier. Markets also expect at least two quarter-point cuts over 12 months, and 10-year Treasury yields fell to a record low of 1.25%.

- Date: 2020-02-27 · published 2020-02-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/54510-traders-bet-the-fed-will-send-the-cavalry-finimize
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Expected Fed easing weakens the dollar, which typically supports dollar-priced commodities and may lift feed grain export competitiveness.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2024-08-14 | [Euro Nears Year’s High on Bet Fed Will Cut Rates Faster Than ECB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/29016-euro-nears-year-s-high-on-bet-fed-will-cut-rates-faster-than-ecb.md) | -1.0% | -0.2% |
| DXY | 2018-09-20 | [Dollar Traders See the Fed's Next Rate Hike as a Big Sell Signal - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/63241-dollar-traders-see-the-fed-s-next-rate-hike-as-a-big-sell-signal-bloomberg.md) | +0.0% | +1.0% |
| DXY | 2025-08-06 | [Dollar falls as traders bet on more rate cuts](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23519-dollar-falls-as-traders-bet-on-more-rate-cuts.md) | -0.5% | -0.3% |
| DXY | 2026-05-29 | [Euro-Dollar: Why Markets Think The ECB Will Hike Before The Fed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19473-euro-dollar-why-markets-think-the-ecb-will-hike-before-the-fed.md) | +0.3% | +1.6% |
| DXY | 2025-04-17 | [Trade Wars and the U.S. Dollar \| PIMCO](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25333-trade-wars-and-the-u-s-dollar-pimco.md) | -0.2% | -0.5% |

## Sources

- finimize.com: https://finimize.com/content/traders-bet-the-fed-will-send-the-cavalry

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