Relation of S&P 500 and US Fed Interest
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What Is the Relationship Between S&P 500 Index and US Fed Discount Interest Rates?
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The Relationship Between S&P 500 Index and US Fed Discount Interest Rates can be summarized as:
- Interest rates tend to negatively affect the S&P 500 Index.
- Central banks raise interest rates to cool the economy which decreases the S&P 500 Index.
- Central banks lower interest rates to stimulate the economy which increases the S&P 500 Index.
Compare: S&P 500 SNP: ^GSPC 2026-01-16: 6940.00976563 USD with: US Fed Discount Rate US: DISC 2026-01-16: 3.75000000 USD S&P 500 US Fed Discount Rat ^GSPC Growth% DISC Growth% ---------- ------- ---------- ------- 2026-01-16 6,940.01 100.00 3.75 100.00 2026-01-15 6,944.47 100.06 3.75 100.00 2026-01-14 6,926.60 99.81 3.75 100.00 2026-01-13 6,963.74 100.34 3.75 100.00 2026-01-12 6,977.27 100.54 3.75 100.00 2026-01-09 6,966.28 100.38 3.75 100.00 2026-01-08 6,921.46 99.73 3.75 100.00 2026-01-07 6,920.93 99.73 3.75 100.00 2026-01-06 6,944.82 100.07 3.75 100.00 2026-01-05 6,902.05 99.45 3.75 100.00 2026-01-02 6,858.47 98.83 3.75 100.00 2025-12-31 6,845.50 98.64 3.75 100.00 2025-12-30 6,896.24 99.37 3.75 100.00 2025-12-29 6,905.74 99.51 3.75 100.00 2025-12-26 6,929.94 99.85 3.75 100.00 2025-12-24 6,932.05 99.89 3.75 100.00 2025-12-23 6,909.79 99.56 3.75 100.00 2025-12-22 6,878.49 99.11 3.75 100.00 2025-12-19 6,834.50 98.48 3.75 100.00 2025-12-16 6,800.26 97.99 3.75 100.00 2025-11-16 6,734.11 97.03 4.00 106.67 2025-10-16 6,629.07 95.52 4.25 113.33 2025-09-16 6,606.76 95.20 4.50 120.00 2025-08-16 6,449.80 92.94 4.50 120.00 2025-07-16 6,263.70 90.25 4.50 120.00 2025-06-16 6,033.11 86.93 4.50 120.00 2025-05-16 5,958.38 85.86 4.50 120.00 2025-04-16 5,275.70 76.02 4.50 120.00 2025-03-16 5,638.94 81.25 4.50 120.00 2025-02-16 6,114.63 88.11 4.50 120.00 2025-01-16 5,937.34 85.55 4.50 120.00 2024-01-16 4,765.98 68.67 5.50 146.67 2023-01-16 3,999.09 57.62 4.50 120.00 2022-01-16 4,662.85 67.19 0.25 6.67 2021-01-16 3,768.25 54.30 0.25 6.67 2020-01-16 3,316.81 47.79 2.25 60.00 2019-01-16 2,616.10 37.70 3.00 80.00 2018-01-16 2,776.42 40.01 2.00 53.33 2017-01-16 2,274.64 32.78 1.25 33.33 2016-01-16 1,880.33 27.09 1.00 26.67 2015-01-16 2,104.50 30.32 0.75 20.00 2014-01-16 1,859.45 26.79 0.75 20.00 2013-01-16 1,514.68 21.83 0.75 20.00 2012-01-16 1,365.68 19.68 0.75 20.00 2011-01-16 1,327.22 19.12 0.75 20.00 2010-01-16 1,104.49 15.91 0.50 13.33 2009-01-16 735.09 10.59 0.50 13.33 2008-01-16 1,330.63 19.17 4.75 126.67 2007-01-16 1,406.82 20.27 6.25 166.67 2006-01-16 1,280.66 18.45 5.25 140.00 2005-01-16 1,203.60 17.34 3.25 86.67 2004-01-16 1,144.94 16.50 2.00 53.33 2003-01-16 841.15 12.12 2.25 60.00 2002-01-16 1,106.73 15.95 2001-01-16 1,239.94 17.87 2000-01-16 1,366.42 19.69 1999-01-16 1,238.33 17.84 1998-01-16 1,049.34 15.12 1997-01-16 790.82 11.40 1996-01-16 640.43 9.23 1995-01-16 487.39 7.02 1994-01-16 467.14 6.73 1993-01-16 443.38 6.39 1992-01-16 412.70 5.95 1991-01-16 367.07 5.29 1990-01-16 331.89 4.78 1989-01-16 288.86 4.16 1988-01-16 267.82 3.86 1987-01-16 284.20 4.10 1986-01-16 226.92 3.27 1985-01-16 181.18 2.61 1984-12-01 181.18 2.61
As you can see, when US inflation rate went up above 8% in 2022, US Fed raised the Discount Rate from 0.25% to 5.50% in about 1 year. This helped to bring the inflation rate down to 3% in 2023.
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