In time, lower benchmark interest rates from the Federal Reserve should filter through to credit cards, mortgages, savings and other financial products. But every rate-cutting cycle is different, and the economy’s response can be both long and variable.

By Lewis Krauskopf, Prinz Magtulis, Pasit Kongkunakornkul and Vineet Sachdev NEW YORK (Reuters) -How stocks, bonds and the dollar perform after the Federal Reserve kicks off its rate-cutting cycle could depend on one factor more than most: the health of the U.

The U.S. dollar has been sliding in the run-up to a widely expected interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday and, depending on the size of the Fed’s move, it could end up weakening further — or it may be a buying opportunity.