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U.S. stocks tumbled in volatile trading Wednesday afternoon as the Federal Reserve dealt another outsized interest rate hike in its fight against stubborn inflation. The U.S. central bank lifted its benchmark policy rate by 0.75% for a third consecutive time, bringing the federal funds rate to a new range of 3.0% to 3.25% — its highest level since 2008 — from a current range between 2.25% and 2.5%. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average each shed around 1.7%, while the… Source link

Yahoo Finance senior columnist Rick Newman discusses recent economic news including the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate hike, the S&P seeing its worst week since March 2020 and President Joe Biden’s statement that a recession is “not inevitable.” This segment aired on KTLA 5 Weekend Morning News on June 18, 2022. Close Modal Suggest a Correction Suggest a Correction Source link

The Federal Reserve, led by Jerome Powell, raised interest rates earlier this month.Samuel Corum/Getty Images A “stubborn” Federal Reserve has increased the likelihood of a prolonged recession, according to Axonic Capital’s Peter Cecchini.  That’s because the Fed could cause economic whiplash that leads it to cutting interest rates sooner than expected. “The 1970’s drawdown scenario of almost 50% for the S&P 500 is becoming all the more likely,” Cecchini said. The Federal Reserve’s decision to… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Analysts increasingly see a recession looming in the US following the Federal Reserve’s biggest increase in interest rates since 1994 and signs of weaker consumer spending. Most Read from Bloomberg The Fed hiked its policy rate by 75 basis points Wednesday to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, as officials intensified their battle against inflation that’s remained stubbornly high. Wells Fargo & Co. now forecasts a “mild recession” starting in mid-2023, as inflation becomes more… Source link

U.S. stock futures traded sharply lower Monday morning, with traders betting a fresh decades-high print on inflation will force the Federal Reserve to get even more aggressive than previously anticipated to help ease rising prices. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 slid more than 2% and touched the lowest levels since November 2020 during the overnight session. Dow futures sank by more than 500 points, or about 1.7%. Treasury yields rose across the curve, and the benchmark 10-year yield… Source link

It seemed silly, in March, when President Biden started calling persistent inflation “Putin’s price hike.” The price of gasoline and many other things had been soaring well before Putin ordered Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, and blaming that on Putin all of a sudden was opportunistic blame-shifting. More than 100 days into the war, however, the Russian president’s belligerence has clearly had the most pronounced effect on global prices of any single geopolitical… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast. Most Read from Bloomberg The Federal Reserve isn’t going to hike rates as much as markets are currently betting, according to Cathie Wood. The strategies of ARK Investment Management LLC, where Wood is founder and chief executive officer, have struggled recently amid fear of inflation, she said via video to the Seedly Personal Finance Festival in Singapore. The firm’s flagship ARK… Source link

The head of the largest U.S. bank said markets are underestimating the speed by which he expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates. In a letter to shareholders released Monday, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon added that short-term borrowing costs need to be “substantially” higher to address the rapid pace of price increases. “The stronger the recovery, the higher the rates that follow (I believe that this could be significantly higher than the markets expect),” Dimon penned in… Source link

Interactive Brokers founder and billionaire Thomas Peterffy has spotted one likely unintended consequence of the Federal Reserve embarking on raising interest rates. “There is a lot of leverage in the system as the Fed begins to raise rates. We will be looking at bankruptcies maybe among many of the private equity firms that are invested in on the high leverage, and in several businesses that basically will not be able to pay the interest,” Petterffy told Yahoo Finance. Despite that very real… Source link

(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is under pressure to invoke Cold War-era powers to force more domestic oil production as the war in Ukraine strains supplies, raising gasoline prices and fueling inflation. Most Read from Bloomberg Lawmakers and labor activists have urged Biden to compel deployment of drilling rigs and solar panels using the 1950 Defense Production Act, the same authority wielded by Harry Truman to make steel for the Korean War and Donald Trump to spur mask production to… Source link