US EditionThe Federal Reserve Reduces Interest Rates
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The Federal Reserve Reduces Interest Rates
On December 10, the Federal Reserve (Fed) reduced the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, from a range of 3.75% - 4.00% to a range of 3.50% - 3.75%. The federal funds rate is the interest rate at which banks lend reserve balances to each other overnight. It is a key tool used by...
Following the Fed’s announcement, the dollar in Colombia has remained in the COP$3,800 trading range, in a market that quickly took a bearish direction after absorbing the more flexible message of the monetary authority and the dollar’s weakness abroad. “The main catalyst was the new approach of the US monetary authority. In its most recent intervention, the Fed showed that the deterioration of the labor market is taking on greater relevance tha…
Fed Cuts, Dollar Slips, Gold and Silver Break Higher (week ending 12.12.25)
Gold and silver whipsawed early on Fed hawkish fears but ultimately ripped higher after the FOMC delivered a quarter-point cut and struck a decisively dovish tone. By week’s end, a sliding dollar and easier-policy signals pushed gold to the mid-$4,300s and silver to fresh record highs just under $65. Next week’s data flow funnels into two catalysts for metals: the U.S. Jobs Report and CPI. Employment data will shape growth and labor expectations…
The expectations of a further easing of monetary policy in the US recently supported the prices of precious metals. These do not drop interest rates and therefore benefit from lower key interest rates.
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