ភាគហ៊ុនអឺរ៉ុប និងអនាគតរបស់អាមេរិកធ្លាក់ចុះ បន្ទាប់ពីប្រធាន Fed ទទួលស្គាល់លទ្ធភាពនៃការធ្លាក់ចុះសេដ្ឋកិច្ច

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European stocks and U.S. stock futures slumped early on Thursday amid fears of a recession, a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress the central bank will continue to hike interest rates to combat inflation and acknowledged that a downturn was a “possibility.”

ការពិតសំខាន់

The London Stock Exchange’s FTSE 100 slumped more than 0.7% after markets opened on Thursday morning while the Frankfurt Stock Exchange’s DAX index was down 1.27%.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 Index was down more than 1.1% an hour after markets opened.

Stock markets in Asia appeared to be largely unperturbed, however, with Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index being up 1.26% while the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Nikkei 225 was up 0.08% when markets closed on Thursday

U.S. stock futures were also down in premarket trading early on Thursday with the benchmark S&P 500 index dropping 0.2% while the Dow Jones Index slid 0.36%.

Crude oil prices were also down, with the global Brent Crude futures dropping more than 2% and falling below $110 per barrel.

សាវតាសំខាន់

In testimony before Congress on Wednesday, Powell បាននិយាយថា: the Federal Reserve is “strongly committed” to raising interest rates until the country’s high inflation numbers are normalized. Powell also admitted that the central bank’s aggressive rate hikes meant that a recession is “certainly a possibility.” Powell’s statement before Congress came a week after the Federal Reserve បានដំឡើងអត្រាការប្រាក់ by 75 basis points—the steepest hike since 1994. The steeper-than-expected hike in rates triggered alarm bells among គ្រឹះស្ថាន​ហិរញ្ញវត្ថុ, who warned of an impending recession sometime in the next 12 to 18 months. Powell, however, បានបញ្ជាក់ the central bank was “not trying to induce a recession,” and was instead simply focused on bringing inflation down to a target rate of 2%, down from its current 41-year high of 8.6%.

អានបន្ថែម

Powell និយាយថា Fed នឹងបន្តអត្រាការឡើងភ្នំរហូតដល់មាន 'ភស្តុតាងគួរឱ្យទាក់ទាញ' ថាអតិផរណាកំពុងធ្លាក់ចុះ (ទស្សនាវដ្តី Forbes)