Asian stocks higher after Fed says rate hikes may be needed

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Asian stock markets gained Thursday after the Federal Reserve said higher U.S. interest rates might be needed to cool inflation.

Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney advanced. Hong Kong declined. Oil prices fell more than US$1 per barrel to stay below $100.

“Stocks rose because runaway commodity and oil prices are sinking,” said Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management. “Both are the critical targets Fed policy is engineered to tame; hence, inflation expectation is coming under control.” On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose to 3,845.08. The The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.2% to 31,037.68. The Nasdaq composite added 0.3% to 11,361.85.

Inflation has been boosted by Russia's attack on Ukraine, which pushed up prices of oil and other commodities, and Chinese anti-virus controls that shut down Shanghai and other industrial centres disrupted supply chains.

 

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Wait....what? Didn't the Asian markets take a hit the last time the Fed said they'd be raising rates?

Ok let’s just get it done. Let’s go back to 1982 and set the prime rate to 21% when JT’s PET WAS IN POWER 🖕🖕🖕 to Canadians

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