Cutting interest rates by 50 basis points! The Federal Reserve initiates a aggressive first step to open a period of monetary easing.
Understand the attitude changes of policymakers in the Federal Reserve's latest statement, providing investors with the latest macroeconomic news.
Fed's Easing Cycle Could Be Big Signal for Strength in Equities -- Market Talk
Compared to the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut, the upcoming earnings season is more important for US stocks, beware of October panic.
Analysis suggests that the US stock market is reflecting a combination of US economic growth, increased corporate profits, and lower interest rates. This means that everything, from economic data to corporate financial reports to interest rates, must unfold perfectly in order for the US stock market to maintain its current level. Investors should be wary of the October earnings season triggering downward revisions in corporate profit expectations, which could ignite market panic.
The Fed cut interest rates by 50 basis points, and the short-term volatility of US stocks, US bonds, and gold surged, while the dollar fell, with a reversal in trend after the huge shock.
The Federal Reserve significantly cut interest rates by 50 basis points, causing short-term fluctuations in US stocks, US bonds, and gold, and a decline in the US dollar. Afterward, there was a major shake-up in various asset classes. Powell stated that no one should consider Wednesday's 50 basis point rate cut as a new trend, and the major asset trends clearly reversed. As a result, US stocks fell across the board, gold retreated significantly from its daily high, and the decline in the US dollar narrowed.
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A review of Powell's speech: There is no fixed interest rate path, and there is currently no sign of a recession in the US economy.
①Powell said that there are currently no signs of a recession in the US economy, and he does not believe that an economic recession is imminent; ②Powell emphasized that no fixed interest rate path has been set and decisions will be made progressively through meetings.