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 2026-01-26: 6950.22998047 USD with: US Fed Discount Rate US: DISC 2026-01-26: 3.75000000 USD S&P 500 US Fed Discount Rat ^GSPC Growth% DISC Growth% ---------- ------- ---------- ------- 2026-01-26 6,950.23 100.00 3.75 100.00 2026-01-23 6,915.61 99.50 3.75 100.00 2026-01-22 6,913.35 99.47 3.75 100.00 2026-01-21 6,875.62 98.93 3.75 100.00 2026-01-20 6,796.86 97.79 3.75 100.00 2026-01-16 6,940.01 99.85 3.75 100.00 2026-01-15 6,944.47 99.92 3.75 100.00 2026-01-14 6,926.60 99.66 3.75 100.00 2026-01-13 6,963.74 100.19 3.75 100.00 2026-01-12 6,977.27 100.39 3.75 100.00 2026-01-09 6,966.28 100.23 3.75 100.00 2026-01-08 6,921.46 99.59 3.75 100.00 2026-01-07 6,920.93 99.58 3.75 100.00 2026-01-06 6,944.82 99.92 3.75 100.00 2026-01-05 6,902.05 99.31 3.75 100.00 2026-01-02 6,858.47 98.68 3.75 100.00 2025-12-31 6,845.50 98.49 3.75 100.00 2025-12-30 6,896.24 99.22 3.75 100.00 2025-12-29 6,905.74 99.36 3.75 100.00 2025-12-26 6,929.94 99.71 3.75 100.00 2025-11-26 6,812.61 98.02 4.00 106.67 2025-10-26 6,791.69 97.72 4.25 113.33 2025-09-26 6,643.70 95.59 4.25 113.33 2025-08-26 6,465.94 93.03 4.50 120.00 2025-07-26 6,388.64 91.92 4.50 120.00 2025-06-26 6,141.02 88.36 4.50 120.00 2025-05-26 5,802.82 83.49 4.50 120.00 2025-04-26 5,525.21 79.50 4.50 120.00 2025-03-26 5,712.20 82.19 4.50 120.00 2025-02-26 5,956.06 85.70 4.50 120.00 2025-01-26 6,101.24 87.78 4.50 120.00 2024-01-26 4,890.97 70.37 5.50 146.67 2023-01-26 4,060.43 58.42 4.50 120.00 2022-01-26 4,349.93 62.59 0.25 6.67 2021-01-26 3,849.62 55.39 0.25 6.67 2020-01-26 3,295.47 47.42 2.25 60.00 2019-01-26 2,664.76 38.34 3.00 80.00 2018-01-26 2,872.87 41.33 2.00 53.33 2017-01-26 2,296.68 33.04 1.25 33.33 2016-01-26 1,903.63 27.39 1.00 26.67 2015-01-26 2,104.50 30.28 0.75 20.00 2014-01-26 1,859.45 26.75 0.75 20.00 2013-01-26 1,514.68 21.79 0.75 20.00 2012-01-26 1,365.68 19.65 0.75 20.00 2011-01-26 1,327.22 19.10 0.75 20.00 2010-01-26 1,104.49 15.89 0.50 13.33 2009-01-26 735.09 10.58 0.50 13.33 2008-01-26 1,330.63 19.15 4.00 106.67 2007-01-26 1,406.82 20.24 6.25 166.67 2006-01-26 1,280.66 18.43 5.25 140.00 2005-01-26 1,203.60 17.32 3.25 86.67 2004-01-26 1,144.94 16.47 2.00 53.33 2003-01-26 841.15 12.10 2.25 60.00 2002-01-26 1,106.73 15.92 2001-01-26 1,239.94 17.84 2000-01-26 1,366.42 19.66 1999-01-26 1,238.33 17.82 1998-01-26 1,049.34 15.10 1997-01-26 790.82 11.38 1996-01-26 640.43 9.21 1995-01-26 487.39 7.01 1994-01-26 467.14 6.72 1993-01-26 443.38 6.38 1992-01-26 412.70 5.94 1991-01-26 367.07 5.28 1990-01-26 331.89 4.78 1989-01-26 288.86 4.16 1988-01-26 267.82 3.85 1987-01-26 284.20 4.09 1986-01-26 226.92 3.26 1985-01-26 181.18 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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