{"id":117435,"date":"2021-03-18T11:43:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=117435"},"modified":"2021-03-18T11:43:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:43:51","slug":"the-feds-dovish-stance-helps-bitcoin-price-to-surge-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/bitcoin\/the-feds-dovish-stance-helps-bitcoin-price-to-surge-6-4\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fed’s Dovish Stance Helps Bitcoin Price to Surge 6.4%"},"content":{"rendered":"
At 18:30 UTC on Wednesday (March 17),\u00a0Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered his remarks about the Fed\u2019s monetary policy at a press conference following the conclusion of a two-day\u00a0meeting of the\u00a0Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC).\u00a0<\/p>\n
https:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=N9ZYIEI8pNQ%3Ffeature%3Doembed<\/p>\n
FOMC press conference itself, it started with Fed Chair Powell delivering some\u00a0prepared remarks, a few interesting highlights of which are listed below:<\/p>\n
Powell then started to take questions from reporters. Below, we look at some of the most interesting comments made by Powell whilst answering these questions:<\/p>\n
As you can imagine, the Fed\u2019s dovish stance and seemingly lack of concern over short-term rises in inflation help U.S. stocks and Bitcoin go higher as Powell was speaking at the FOMC press conference. <\/p>\n
The main U.S. stock indices, i.e. the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite, all ended higher on Wednesday (0.58%, 0.29%, and 0.40% respectively).<\/p>\n
As for Bitcoin, on crypto exchange Bitstamp, BTC-USD went from $56,701 at the start of the Powell\u2019s press conference (which was at 18:30 UTC on March 17) to $59,559 approximately 5.5 hours later.<\/p>\n
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Per\u00a0data by CryptoCompare, currently (as of 10:57 UTC on March 18), Bitcoin is trading around $58,592 up 6.40% in the past 24-hour period; for the year-to-date (YTD) period, Bitcoin\u2019s return on investment (ROI) is +102.23%.<\/p>\n
This is what macro-economist and crypto analyst Alex Kr\u00fcger abut the markets\u2019 reaction to Fed Chair Powell\u2019s comments: <\/p>\n
Featured\u00a0Image\u00a0by\u00a0\u201cSnapLaunch\u201d\u00a0via\u00a0Pixabay.com<\/em><\/p>\n The views and opinions expressed by the author are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial, investment, or other advice.<\/em><\/p>\n