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 2026-05-15: 7408.50000000 USD with: US Fed Discount Rate US: DISC 2026-05-15: 3.75000000 USD S&P 500 US Fed Discount Rat ^GSPC Growth% DISC Growth% ---------- ------- ---------- ------- 2026-05-15 7,408.50 100.00 3.75 100.00 2026-05-14 7,501.24 101.25 3.75 100.00 2026-05-13 7,444.25 100.48 3.75 100.00 2026-05-12 7,400.96 99.90 3.75 100.00 2026-05-11 7,412.84 100.06 3.75 100.00 2026-05-08 7,398.93 99.87 3.75 100.00 2026-05-07 7,337.11 99.04 3.75 100.00 2026-05-06 7,365.12 99.41 3.75 100.00 2026-05-05 7,259.22 97.99 3.75 100.00 2026-05-04 7,200.75 97.20 3.75 100.00 2026-05-01 7,230.12 97.59 3.75 100.00 2026-04-30 7,209.01 97.31 3.75 100.00 2026-04-29 7,135.95 96.32 3.75 100.00 2026-04-28 7,138.80 96.36 3.75 100.00 2026-04-27 7,173.91 96.83 3.75 100.00 2026-04-24 7,165.08 96.71 3.75 100.00 2026-04-23 7,108.40 95.95 3.75 100.00 2026-04-22 7,137.90 96.35 3.75 100.00 2026-04-21 7,064.01 95.35 3.75 100.00 2026-04-20 7,109.14 95.96 3.75 100.00 2026-04-17 7,126.06 96.19 3.75 100.00 2026-04-15 7,022.95 94.80 3.75 100.00 2026-03-15 6,632.19 89.52 3.75 100.00 2026-02-15 6,836.17 92.27 3.75 100.00 2026-01-15 6,944.47 93.74 3.75 100.00 2025-12-15 6,816.51 92.01 3.75 100.00 2025-11-15 6,734.11 90.90 4.00 106.67 2025-10-15 6,671.06 90.05 4.25 113.33 2025-09-15 6,615.28 89.29 4.50 120.00 2025-08-15 6,449.80 87.06 4.50 120.00 2025-07-15 6,243.76 84.28 4.50 120.00 2025-06-15 5,976.97 80.68 4.50 120.00 2025-05-15 5,916.93 79.87 4.50 120.00 2024-05-15 5,308.15 71.65 5.50 146.67 2023-05-15 4,136.28 55.83 5.25 140.00 2022-05-15 4,023.89 54.31 1.00 26.67 2021-05-15 4,173.85 56.34 0.25 6.67 2020-05-15 2,863.70 38.65 0.25 6.67 2019-05-15 2,850.96 38.48 3.00 80.00 2018-05-15 2,711.45 36.60 2.25 60.00 2017-05-15 2,402.32 32.43 1.50 40.00 2016-05-15 2,046.61 27.63 1.00 26.67 2015-05-15 2,122.73 28.65 0.75 20.00 2014-05-15 1,923.57 25.96 0.75 20.00 2013-05-15 1,630.74 22.01 0.75 20.00 2012-05-15 1,310.33 17.69 0.75 20.00 2011-05-15 1,345.20 18.16 0.75 20.00 2010-05-15 1,089.41 14.70 0.75 20.00 2009-05-15 919.14 12.41 0.50 13.33 2008-05-15 1,400.38 18.90 2.25 60.00 2007-05-15 1,530.62 20.66 6.25 166.67 2006-05-15 1,270.09 17.14 6.00 160.00 2005-05-15 1,191.50 16.08 4.00 106.67 2004-05-15 1,120.68 15.13 2.00 53.33 2003-05-15 963.59 13.01 2.25 60.00 2002-05-15 1,067.14 14.40 2001-05-15 1,255.82 16.95 2000-05-15 1,420.60 19.18 1999-05-15 1,301.84 17.57 1998-05-15 1,090.82 14.72 1997-05-15 848.28 11.45 1996-05-15 669.12 9.03 1995-05-15 533.40 7.20 1994-05-15 456.50 6.16 1993-05-15 450.19 6.08 1992-05-15 415.35 5.61 1991-05-15 389.83 5.26 1990-05-15 361.23 4.88 1989-05-15 320.52 4.33 1988-05-15 262.16 3.54 1987-05-15 290.10 3.92 1986-05-15 247.35 3.34 1985-05-15 189.55 2.56 1984-12-01 181.18 2.45
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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