# Fed QT stocks, gold impact - MINING.COM

> Zeal Intelligence commentary says the Fed's FOMC decision to begin quantitative tightening in October was a major step after years of QE. The author argues the program will strongly affect stock markets and gold.

- Date: 2017-09-22 · published 2017-09-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/68875-fed-qt-stocks-gold-impact-mining-com
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Balance-sheet reduction tightens financial conditions and can lift the dollar and pressure precious metals, with spillover to broader commodity prices and feed input costs via currency effects.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2021-06-17 | [Global Stocks Tumble, Gold Slides After the Fed Meeting - Markets Insider](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12553-global-stocks-tumble-gold-slides-after-the-fed-meeting-markets-insider.md) | +1.1% | +1.7% |
| DXY | 2016-08-29 | [Fed impact on markets still in play](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10616-fed-impact-on-markets-still-in-play.md) | +0.7% | +1.4% |
| DXY | 2022-05-04 | [US Fed rate rise could dampen mining shares](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41316-us-fed-rate-rise-could-dampen-mining-shares.md) | +0.9% | -0.8% |
| DXY | 2017-04-28 | [Fed's Third Hike and Gold \| SafeHaven.com](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71415-fed-s-third-hike-and-gold-safehaven-com.md) | -0.1% | -1.4% |
| DXY | 2019-12-11 | [BREAKING: Fed sees no more cuts, Gold down \| XTB](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55507-breaking-fed-sees-no-more-cuts-gold-down-xtb.md) | -0.6% | -1.0% |

## Sources

- mining.com: https://www.mining.com/web/fed-qt-stocks-gold-impact/

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