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Powell Says More Hikes Are Likely Coming, But US Economy Is 'Well Positioned' To Handle Them

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell had some relatively soothing words for the markets after the Fed on Wednesday raised its target fed funds rate by 0.5% to a new range of between 0.75% and 1.0%.

Benzinga

The Fed is putting America's inflation problem on its shoulders

Chair Jerome Powell addressed the American public directly, and owned the current situation

Axios

The Dow rallies to its best day since 2020 after the Fed rules out larger rate hikes

Markets jumped after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank was not contemplating bigger rate hikes than the half-a-percentage-point increase it delivered on Wednesday.

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Federal Reserve hikes official interest rates by 0.5 per cent, ASX rises, Dow Jones jumps 900 points

The US Federal Reserve has increased official interest rates by 0.5 per cent and flagged that more such rises are likely. Meanwhile, the Australian market has followed Wall Street higher.

ABC News

Stock bulls get reprieve as Powell signals a limit to austerity

Under no pressure to throw investors a bone, Jerome Powell nevertheless did, igniting the biggest stock market rally on the day of a Federal Reserve meeting in a decade.

Tribune News Service

US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates to tackle inflation

The US Federal Reserve has hiked interest rates by half a percentage point - double its usual rate - to tackle the country’s highest level of inflation in 40 years. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said it was 'essential' to lower inflation and reduce hardship for American families. Thomas Costerg, Senior…

France 24

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.

Axios

The Fed gets serious about tighter money

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

Axios

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

WEKU

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

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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…

Tribune News Service

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.

The Independent UK

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

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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.

Newsroom.co.nz

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

StockNews.com

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…

Tribune News Service

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.

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

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