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Interest Rate Hikes: What You Need to Know

Feb 22, 2023Juliya RostovaEconomybenchmark interest rate, economy, FED, Fed minutes, Fed officials, fed-funds rate, Federal Reserve, financial crisis, inflation, interest rates, Jay Powell, market, monetary policy, Open Market Operations, PCE inflation, projections, Quantitative Easing, rate hikes, recession, Reserve Requirements, Taylor Rule, unemployment

Interest rate hike over the past 12 months, has taken interest rates to 4.5 percentage points, marking the most rapid adjustment in interest rates since the 1980s. It is widely anticipated that the FED will enact another quarter-percentage-point increase to the interest rates in March. The Fed officials have projected that the unemployment rate would…

Investors were once again on edge

Feb 22, 2023Haroon HaiderMarket Analysis10-year Treasury yield, Asia benchmarks, Brent crude, business-activity surveys, consumer, CoStar, dollar strength, economic data, Fed officials, inflation, interest rates, market sentiment, Nikkei 225, oil prices, Palo Alto Networks, retail sales, S&P 500, Stock Market, Stoxx Europe 600, U.S. stocks

Investors were once again on edge on Wednesday, as worries about rising interest rates caused the S&P 500 to experience its fourth consecutive session of declines, marking its longest losing streak of the year so far. The index fell by 6.29 points, or 0.2%, closing at 3991.05, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average also suffered…

U.S. Hiring Spree Continues

Feb 9, 2023Haroon HaiderEconomy, Labor economics, Technologybenchmark interest rate, central bank, consumer spending, economists, economy, economy slowdown, employers, everyday services, Fed officials, federal benefits, Federal Reserve, Federal Reserve Chair, forecasters, hiring, hiring strategies, inflation, interest rates, job applicants, job candidates, job market, job seekers, jobs report, labor data, labor force, labor market, opportunities, payrolls, private-sector payrolls, recession, recruitment, rising interest rates, technology, U.S., unemployment rate, wage growth, work from home

U.S. Hiring Spree Continues, and the U.S. has added 1.1 million jobs in the past three months and stepped up hiring in January, despite rising interest rates, elevated inflation, and lingering recession fears. This growth is being driven by large, yet often overlooked sectors of the economy, such as restaurants, hospitals, nursing homes, and child-care…