A Look at the History of Federal Reserve Rate Cutting Cycles

For investors and anyone interested in the financial markets, understanding the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy and the reasoning behind its decisions to raise or lower the federal funds rate is essential. 

Watch the on-demand webinar with our guest, SVB Asset Management, for an insightful discussion on the history of the Federal Reserve’s rate cutting cycles.  

To support their dual mandate of keeping prices stable and maximizing employment, the Fed considers many data factors in their decision to act on rates.  

With the most recent federal funds rate hiking cycle at an end, SVB Asset Management’s investment professionals examined the factors that have led to the Fed’s past cutting cycles, the state of inflation and the labor market, and provided their insight and forecasts on possible Fed actions in the upcoming cycle.

Watch the recording to:  

• Understand the history of Federal Reserve rate cutting cycles.  
• Get an informed view of how current events resemble history. 
• Discover strategies investors consider in response to changing economic winds and monetary policy.