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The Fed raises interest rates again despite the stress hitting the banking system

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage-point in an effort to curb high inflation. Some had called for the Fed to wait after two recent bank failures.

WEKU

Cathie Wood says Fed interest rates were an 'earthquake' for her ARK fund

Wood's ARK had a terrible 2022, and just like last year, the fund's future largely depends on what the Fed does next.

Fortune

Bank of England to make interest rates announcement this week - what can we expect

Your finances may soon be affected by the Bank's major decision this week

Manchester Evening News

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MPs pressure banks over failure to pass on rising interest rates to savers

Senior MPs have stepped up the pressure on City watchdog, the FCA, over the apparent failure of high street banks to pass on rising interest rates to savers.

Evening Standard

Now the tide of money into the tech sector is ebbing, we can see who has no bathers on

Following an increase in interest rates, new start ups, old tech companies and SVB are facing hard times, says banking lecturer Maurizio Fiaschetti

The Guardian - UK

Inflation rises to 10.4% in surprise reversal of recent trend

The upward push is a result of food and non-alcoholic drink prices reaching their highest rate in more than 45 years

Evening Standard

FTSE 100 Live: US interest rate hike, FTSE closes up 30 points, shock UK inflation rise

A surprise surge in the UK’s inflation rate today heaped pressure on the Bank of England ahead of its interest rates decision tomorrow.

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UK inflation rate in surprise rise to 10.4% as salad crisis pushes up prices

Increase confounds forecasts of a modest dip and adds to pressure on Bank of England to raise interest rates

The Guardian - UK

US Federal Reserve raises interest rate by a quarter point – business live

US central bankers must decide whether to push on with monetary tightening, or pause rate hikes amid banking turmoil

The Guardian - UK

Decision on interest rate rise on knife-edge amid banking crisis fears

While inflation remains high, traders are now uncertain if Bank of England and US Federal Reserve will hike rates – and how much

The Guardian - UK

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause

The Independent UK

Credit Suisse is an anomaly: why Australia and New Zealand are safe from 'bank run' contagion

There has been a lot of talk about the risk of financial contagion following the collapse of California’s Silicon Valley Bank. Perhaps too much talk.

The Conversation

The Fed Struggling With Building Renovations Amid Rise Of Inflation

Rise in interest rates as the central bank depends on tax dollars for maintaining building and infrastructure.

Zenger

Jeremy Hunt plays down economic crisis risk as Budget watchdog warns of 'stress' in system

The Chancellor said the UK is in a better position than it was during the 2008 financial crash with a 'resilience that there wasn't back then'. But the chief of the OBR warned the system was 'under stress'

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Fortune

The bank collapses triggered by SVB have uncanny parallels to the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s

“The arithmetic behind it was timeless," George Ball of Sanders Morris Harris told Fortune.

Evening Standard

Fears of rate rise shakedown in global markets shift to US Federal Reserve as two-day meeting starts

Just Eat Takeaway is to lay off as many as 1,700 delivery drivers as the food delivery business wrestles with a slowdown in demand.

Bangkok Post

Analysts pick modest Fed rate increase

Kasikorn Research Center (KResearch) expects the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 0.25% on Wednesday to tame inflation as the banking crisis in the US and Europe has eased somewhat.

The Guardian - US

To prevent more bank runs, the Fed should pause rate hikes

Inflation is receding, albeit slowly, so there’s no reason to risk more financial tumult. Will the central bank see it that way?

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Evening Standard

‘Our friends tell us we’re nuts’: the London couple who spent their house deposit on a van to live in

Robert and Mariona found that rising house prices and interest rates were narrowing their options. They decided to put saving for a house on hold to pursue their dream of living nomadically.

The New Daily

RBA hints at rates pause amid ‘economic uncertainty’

Australian mortgage holders might finally be in for a reprieve on interest rates, with the RBA indicating it will consider a pause in hikes.

Bangkok Post

DHL forecasts growth in international trade to stall

International trade growth is forecast to stagnate this year as countries have raised interest rates to combat surging inflation, leading to a worldwide economic slowdown, says global logistics company DHL.

StockNews.com

Coca-Cola Stock: Time to Buy More or Tap Out?

Amid high inflation and rising interest rates, beverage giant Coca-Cola's (KO) 60-year-old dividend-paying record makes it a safe haven for investors. However, the stock has declined 5.6% year-to-date. So, should you buy the stock now? Read more to find out.

Fortune

The Fed’s ‘stress tests’ were supposed to save banks from the exact crisis now engulfing markets. Here’s how they were so spectacularly wrong

“What the Fed saw as the big potential threats didn’t materialize, and the threat that did materialize they didn’t see coming,” says Thomas Hogan, a senior fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.

The Conversation

Interest rates: why the Federal Reserve and Bank of England should still raise them (a bit)

What will the Federal Reserve and Bank of England do with benchmark interest rates in the wake of the banking crisis? Traditionally, controlling inflation has been the prime mandate of central banks.

The Independent UK

Fed's tough challenge: Confront inflation and bank jitters

Still grappling with persistently high inflation, the Federal Reserve faces an entirely new — and in some ways conflicting — challenge as it meets to consider interest rates this week: How to restore calm to a nervous banking system

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