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The Latest Breaking News from Jerome Powell

The Fed raises interest rates by the most in over 20 years to fight inflation

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by half a percentage point Wednesday, in an effort to cool off demand and lower inflation. Consumer prices have been rising at the fastest pace in 40 years.

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Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 2000

Benchmark interest rate raised 0.5 percentage points, with more rises expected

The Guardian - US

Fed raises rates half a percentage point

The central bank also signaled more rate increases are on the way.

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The Fed gets serious about tighter money

In a meeting Wednesday, the central bank will begin a more aggressive campaign against inflation

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Stuart Rothenberg: Inflation, recession and the 2022 midterms

With six months to go until the 2022 midterm elections, the economic indicators continue to deteriorate for Democrats. While unemployment remains low and the economy continues to grow (except for a recent hiccup that few take seriously), inflation is up dramatically, and interest rates are spiking.

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Inflation, recession and the 2022 midterms - Roll Call

The current economic issues of inflation and low growth could put Democrats at a disadvantage in the 2022 midterms.

Roll Call

4 things to know as the Fed embarks on its biggest fight against inflation in years

The Federal Reserve is expected to approve its largest interest rate hike in more than two decades this week. Additional rate increases are likely, as the Fed tries to regain control over inflation.

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Less than half of Americans have confidence in economic performance of Joe Biden or Jerome Powell, new poll finds

Confidence in Biden, Federal Reserve Chariman Jerome Powell and Democratic leaders fell by double digits from the previous year

The Independent UK

Fed to fight inflation with fastest rate hikes in decades

The Federal Reserve is poised this week to accelerate its most drastic steps in three decades to attack inflation by making it costlier to borrow — for a car, a home, a business deal, a credit card purchase — all of which will compound Americans’ financial strains and likely weaken…

The Independent UK

Powell’s Fed set to go big and keep going until inflation tamed

Jerome Powell doesn’t like to bless bets in financial markets, but he could shift the needle this week on how high investors expect the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates to cool overheated prices.

Tribune News Service

Senate confirms Brainard as Fed vice chair but COVID-19 trips Democrats on Cook vote

The Senate voted 52-43 Tuesday to confirm Lael Brainard, a member of the Federal Reserve board, to become vice chair, but fell short of the votes needed to move forward with Lisa Cook’s nomination to join the board.

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Brainard wins Senate confirmation to be Fed's vice chair

The Senate confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard to a four-year term as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, elevating her to the Fed’s No. 2 post in the midst of the central bank’s toughest fight against inflation in four decades

The Independent UK

Senate confirms Brainard as Fed vice chair but COVID-19 trips Democrats on Cook vote - Roll Call

Lisa Cook, who would become the first Black woman to join the Fed board, encountered another obstacle in COVID-19 cases among Democrats.

Roll Call

Omicron’s arrival in Beijing could lead to more supply chain disruption

Business & Investing: Fear returns to markets as investors turn bearish, and Kiwi dollar at three-month low against US dollar

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Income Investors: 1 High-Yield Stock to Buy, 1 to Avoid

The market opened in the red today amid fears of a looming global economic slowdown. Moreover, with the Fed committed to raising rates to combat rising inflation and the Russia-Ukraine war creating its own uncertainties, stock market volatility might increase. Given the market turbulence, we believe high-yield stock Star Bulk…

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Will the Fed cause a recession by raising rates? Here’s what experts are saying

High inflation comes with a heavy economic price, but so can the Federal Reserve’s attempts to get it under control.

Benzinga

Bitcoin Not Moved In Over 12 Months Reaches All-Time-High

The crypto markets tumbled this morning, as Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) fails to hold the $40k level. Fears about a 50-basis point rate hike have strengthened after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments last Thursday.

Benzinga

Which Federal Reserve Members Move The Markets Most With Their Public Comments?

When Federal Reserve members talk, investors listen. Some Fed members understandably tend to move the stock market more than others.

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The Independent UK

Why Fed worries about the strongest US job market in decades

Chair Jerome Powell isn’t as pleased with the robust U.S. job market as you might think he’d be, and he and the Federal Reserve plan to do something about it: Take it down a notch

Tribune News Service

This was the week the fed finally figured it out

Rates markets crossed two significant thresholds this week. One is that traders for the first time see the Federal Reserve raising its target interest rate by a half-percentage point in each of the next three meetings, in May, June and July, which would mark the biggest such increases since 2000.…

The Independent UK

Asian shares decline after Fed chief's comments on inflation

Asian shares have mostly retreated, tracking losses on Wall Street after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell indicated increases in interest rates must be faster to fight inflation

Benzinga

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin Down As Fed's Powell Dials Up Hawkish Tone: Why Cryptos Could See A 'Strong Recovery'

Bitcoin traded above the psychologically important $40,000 mark even as the apex coin and other major peers were in the red over 24 hours leading up to Thursday night. The global cryptocurrency market cap shrank 2.6% to $1.9 trillion.

ABC News

ASX drops, Wall Street stocks fall on Fed chair Jerome Powell's rate hike warning

Australian shares fell sharply, following losses on Wall Street as the chairman of the US Federal Reserve warned of aggressive interest rate hikes next month.

The Independent UK

Powell reinforces expectations of sharp rate hike next month

The Federal Reserve must move faster than it has in the past to rein in high inflation, Chair Jerome Powell said, signaling that sharp interest rate increases are likely in the coming months, beginning at the Fed’s next policy meeting in May

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk secures $46.5bn as he prepares hostile bid for Twitter – as it happened

Tesla boss could take his takeover offer directly to shareholders, bypassing the Twitter board, as World Bank chief warns of ‘human catastrophe’ from food crisis

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