OPPJ - Could Rate Cuts, Economic Resiliency Spark An End-Of-Year Rally?
2025-09-22 13:30:00 ET
By Invesco Global Market Strategy Office
The much-anticipated rate cut from the Fed arrived, and with it, an indication that two more rate reductions may follow before year-end. 1 Naturally, investors are asking how markets tend to behave during easing cycles. The answer depends largely on the state of the economy. For example, market performance in the year following the rate cuts in 1973 and 2007 - when the economy was on the brink of severe recession - was markedly lower than the more favorable outcomes following the rate cuts in 1984 and 1995. 2 Fortunately, today’s economic backdrop shows few signs of an impending recession, which continues to support a constructive outlook for stocks....
Could Rate Cuts, Economic Resiliency Spark An End-Of-Year Rally?