The Fed on Wednesday matched market expectations by hiking interest rates by 75 basis points. It also projected a slowing economy and rising unemployment in the coming months in the face of the worst inflation in 40 years.Article content
“We view it as increasingly likely that a recession and higher unemployment will be necessary to tame inflation: with such a gloomy macro picture looming over the markets,” said Geir Lode, head of global equities at Federated Hermes Limited. Following the Fed meeting, Wells Fargo said the odds of a recession now stand at more than 50 per cent.
The Swiss National Bank raised its policy interest rate for the first time in 15 years in a surprise move on Thursday, while the Bank of England hiked borrowing costs by quarter of a percentage point. The S&P 500 is down 20.5 per cent year-to-date and is in a bear market as investors grapple with a sharp slowdown in growth. The Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 indexes were set to mark their 10th weekly decline in past 11 weeks.
Things were way better under Trump. Canada is following Biden's disastrous policies into a recession of our own. Are minimum wage earners enjoying that Liberal $15/hr yet?
stocks were propped up for at least a decade by non existent interest rates. nothing else. no value created. just more and more greed. time to pay the piper
Already tanked lol
Intentionally done
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