Gold prices rose to an all-time high on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates by 50 basis points, sending the dollar lower. Spot gold was up 0.9% at $2,592.39 per ounce as of 02:17 p.

Gold, which tends to benefit from lower rates, rose as much as 1.2% before erasing gains after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said in a press conference that no one should see this as a “new pace.”

Gold futures climbed to a fresh record high Thursday a day after the Federal Reserve launched its monetary easing cycle with a 50 basis points interest rate cut, which is seen as bullish for gold since lower borrowing costs benefit the metal,