Stocks Hit Record High a Day After Fed’s Big Interest Rate Cut - The New York Times

The S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent on Thursday, rallying a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point. The S&P 500 plotted weekly The vertical scale is adjusted to show comparable percentage changes. New peak 6,000 Higher inflation and interest rates begin to ease. 5,000 4,000 Shaded areas represent bull markets Coronavirus spreads 3,000 2,000 Peak of “dot-com” bubble Fed intervenes in markets and government approves stimulus. 1,000 End of the Great Recession 500 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024 The S&P 500 plotted weekly The vertical scale is adjusted to show comparable percentage changes. New peak 6,000 Higher inflation and interest rates begin to ease. 5,000 4,000 Shaded areas represent bull markets Coronavirus spreads 3,000 2,000 Peak of “dot-com” bubble Fed intervenes in markets and government approves stimulus. 1,000 End of the Great Recession 500 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024 Source: LSEG Data and Analytics By Karl Russell By Joe Rennison and Danielle Kay

The S&P 500 rose 1.7 percent on Thursday, rallying a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percentage point. The S&P 500 plotted weekly The vertical scale is adjusted to show comparable percentage changes. New peak 6,000 Higher inflation and interest rates begin to ease. 5,000 4,000 Shaded areas represent bull markets Coronavirus spreads 3,000 2,000 Peak of “dot-com” bubble Fed intervenes in markets and government approves stimulus. 1,000 End of the Great Recession 500 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2024 The S&P 500 plotted weekly The vertical scale is adjusted to show comparabl