Fed Boosts Key Interest Rate 0.75%

What an “interesting” week it was last week. In a move unseen since 1994, the Federal Reserve has taken an aggressive stance toward inflation by raising the key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point.

Investors initially seemed cheerful, but stock prices soon fell as the reality emerged that interest rates would continue to rise.

With consumer prices soaring, pushing short-term rates higher is an attempt to slow economic growth while attempting to avoid a recession. Fed Chair Powell said that he expects rates to go up again at the July meeting and indicated that the Fed would take future decisions as they come.

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