Fed ចង់បានអតិផរណាទាប 'យ៉ាងខ្លាំង' មុនពេលបន្ធូរបន្ថយអត្រាការប្រាក់ - ហើយមន្ត្រីមួយចំនួនបានគាំទ្រការឡើងថ្លៃកាន់តែខ្លាំង

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With inflation continuing to run hotter than expected, the Federal Reserve is showing no signs of backing down on its aggressive monetary policy, according to notes from the Fed’s policy-setting committee released Wednesday, an unwelcome sign for investors clinging to hopes of a less hawkish central bank.

ការពិតសំខាន់

Some Fed officials supported a steeper half-point rate increase to the federal funds rate earlier this month, according to នាទី from the Federal Open Market Committee’s January 31-February 1 meeting, in which the panel បានយល់ស្រប to a quarter-point rate increase to the federal funds rate.

The Fed wants to see, “substantially more evidence of progress across a broader range of prices…to be confident that inflation was on a sustained downward path” and let its foot off the gas on interest rates, the minutes read.

The labor market remains “very tight,” according to the Fed, which argues elevated wages drive up consumer prices as companies react to higher input costs.

Ever sensitive to any information from the Fed on interest rates, stocks slipped following the release of the minutes, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 0.6%, or 2000 points.

Stocks rose earlier Wednesday after James Bullard, president of the Fed’s St. Louis branch, បានប្រាប់ CNBC he expected the federal funds rate to peak at 5.4%, នៅក្នុងបន្ទាត់ with consensus forecasts, notable ពិចារណា Bullard is among the Fed officials more keen to aggressive rate increases.

“Bullard is one of the more hawkish [Fed officials], so if he thinks we only have a little ways to go here, the peak in rates might be properly priced” into stock prices, Oanda analyst Ed Moya explained in a Wednesday note.

សាវតាសំខាន់

The 25-basis-point hike earlier this month followed a half-point increase in December, itself preceded by four consecutive 75-basis-point hikes, each the largest individual jumps in nearly three decades. The slowdown came as data showed inflation was in fact easing, though prices cooled slower than expected last month. The latest inflation reading បណ្តាលឱ្យ Bank of America and Goldman Sachs to up their projections for the Fed to raise rates by 25 basis points at its next three meetings to a peak of 5.25% to 5.5%, with Bullard’s forecast in the middle of that range.

សម្រង់សំខាន់

“We have a good shot at beating inflation in 2023,” Bullard បានប្រាប់ CNBC Wednesday. The widely cited “core” portion of the consumer price index was 5.5% last month, ចុះ from its 40-year peak of 6.6% in September but still far higher than the 2% annualized increase targeted by the Fed.

ហេតុការណ៍គួរឱ្យភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល

ដោន រងទុក្ខ its worst daily decline of 2023 on Tuesday, shedding nearly 700 points, as investors reacted to two more major earnings reports marred by lukewarm outlooks as companies deal with elevated borrowing costs that impact bottom lines.

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