Alex Dovbnya Bitcoin has seen a mild price increase following the announcing The U.S. Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by a half-percentage point for the first time since May 2000. Bitcoin, t...
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Sell The Rumor Buy the News, Bitcoin Gives 5% Upside After Fed Meeting
On Wednesday, May 4, the U.S. Federal Reserve announced an interest rate hike by 50 basis points in order to control the soaring inflation. The announcement was quite on the expected lines and the U.S...
The Fed just raised rates by a half point. Here’s what financial advisers think you should do with your money
The Fed moved to increase interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday. This is the biggest increase in two decades, but it’s in line with the path that many financial experts and econ...
Bitcoin wobbles around $39K as Fed confirms up to 1% key rate target next
Bitcoin (BTC) stayed mostly steady at $39,000 on May 4 as the U.S. Federal Reserve conformed to expectations of a 0.5% key interest rate hike. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingVi...
Fed Relief Rally Is False Dawn to Strategists Who Fear Inflation
(Bloomberg) — The collective sigh of relief in markets after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell pushed back against super-sized hike speculation may be short lived. Most Read from Bloomberg The...
Fed hikes interest rates by 50 basis points in effort to combat inflation
The United States Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded two days of meetings Wednesday with a widely anticipated announcement of an interest rate hike of 50 base points, or 0.5%. It is the se...
Stock futures edge lower after rally, as traders digest Fed decision
U.S. stock futures opened slightly lower Wednesday evening after a rally on Wall Street, when many investors breathed a sigh of relief that the Federal Reserve was unlikely to raise interest rates eve...
Fed Hikes Rates Half-Point as Powell Signals Similar Moves Ahead
(Bloomberg) — The Federal Reserve delivered the biggest interest-rate increase since 2000 and signaled it would keep hiking at that pace over the next couple of meetings, unleashing the most agg...
Consumers at breaking point as Fed inflation battle heats up: Boockvar
The economy may be hitting a crucial turning point. Investor Peter Boockvar warns the Federal Reserve will not be able to meaningfully contain surging inflation, and there’s not much more consum...
Fed Announces 0.5% Rate Hike to Fight Inflation, Highest in 22 Years
The Federal Reserve announced a 50 basis point interest rate hike during May’s Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) meeting. This is twice the size of the rate increase from last month, and the large...
Fed lifts interest rates and will wind down $9 trillion bond stockpile in double-pronged attack on high U.S. inflation
“Inflation is much too high and we understand the hardship it is causing,” said Fed Chairman Jerome Powell in what he called a direct message to the American public. “We are moving expeditiously to br...
Why the Fed Wants Home Buyers to Face Higher Mortgage Rates
The Federal Reserve yanked a short-term interest rate higher this week, making it more expensive to borrow money to buy a home or fix it up. All in the name of slowing inflation. The central bank rais...
Fed raises interest rates by 0.50%, largest move since 2000
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised short-term interest rates by 0.50%, as part of an effort to tamp down the inflationary pressures weighing on Americans. The central bank suggested that it will ...
Stock futures fall slightly after Fed induced relief rally
Stock futures fell slightly after the Federal Reserve raised rates by half a point and the major averages rallied to end the day. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 46 points, or 0....
Fed raises rates by 50 bps: ‘50 bps won’t stop inflation for long time’
The U.S. central bank lifted its benchmark interest rate by 50 bps on Wednesday to tackle inflation that stands at about a forty-year high of 8.50%. 75 bps increase is not on the cards Stocks still we...
Bitcoin climbs as Fed confirms “inflation is much too high”
Bitcoin rose as much as 3% today as the chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, directly addressed the American people, declaring that “inflation is much too high” and “we have the tools to bring...
Fed Raises Rates by 50 Basis Points
Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve has increased interest rates by 0.5%. Chair Powell said that more 50-basis point hikes were on the table. The crypto market seemed to respond well to the FOMC meet...
Fed raises rates by half a percentage point — the biggest hike in two decades — to fight inflation
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, the most aggressive step yet in its fight against a 40-year high in inflation. “Infla...
Stock Market Mostly Lower Ahead Of Fed Statement; 2 Stocks Plunge More Than 30%
Stock market indexes traded mostly lower ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy statement this afternoon, while earnings reports sparked some outsize moves. X The Nasdaq composite fell 0.7% while...
“Múltiplo de Mayer” cerca de punto de infravaloración a la espera de la Fed
El Múltiplo de Mayer de Bitcoin, que mide la relación entre el precio de la criptomoneda y el promedio móvil simple (SMA, por sus siglas en inglés) de 200 días, es de apenas 0,80. En otras palabras, l...
Is Bitcoin poised for a breakout after today’s Fed meeting? Here’s what the experts say
As Bitcoin (BTC) returns to trading in the green, showing signs of recovery after a difficult spell that had caught the entire cryptocurrency market in recent days, crypto analysts have been making pr...
The Fed is about to do something it has not done in two decades: Morning Brief
This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, May 4, 2022 In the face of rising infla...
Why bitcoin and other crypto assets are expected to consolidate after the Fed meeting?
It’s quite a fact now that markets, either traditional stock markets or crypto markets, are quite dependent on the approaches and actions of authorities Most markets, in general, seem to be driven by ...
focus is on Fed interest rate decision and recession concerns
Gold price has bounced off Tuesday’s low of 1,850.17 following the easing of Treasury yields and the US dollar. Nonetheless, it remains under pressure ahead of the highly anticipated Fed interest rate...
Here’s How Bitcoin (BTC) Will React to Highly-Anticipated Fed Rate Hike, According to Top Crypto Analyst
A widely followed crypto strategist is predicting how Bitcoin (BTC) will behave in response to the Federal Reserve announcing a fresh round of rate hikes. Pseudonymous analyst Pentoshi tells his 540,6...
Crypto Market Tumbles, With FED Raising Interest Rates! Is it The Start of a Market Crash?
As the market crash has just begun, the biggest question arises, will these actions by the FED have any real-time impact on inflation? Well, the history says, if we look back to years when inflation w...
Bitcoin (BTC) Bulls and Bears Engage In Major Battle A Day Before the Fed Meeting
Bitcoin (BTC) market bulls and bears have been engaging in a major battle ahead of the key FOMC meeting scheduled later today, Wednesday, May 4. Amid soaring inflation, the Federal Reserve is likely t...
Fed Traders Seek an Answer to the 75-Basis-Point Question
(Bloomberg) — A lot is riding on how Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell parries a question he’ll surely be asked after Wednesday’s monetary policy decision: is a 75-basis-point rate hike in ...
Will Fed rate hike be a ‘clearing event’ for battered U.S. stock market? What investors are watching for on Wednesday
A little clarity from the Federal Reserve on the likely size and scope of future rate increases on Wednesday could be a balm for a bruised U.S. stock market, according to some analysts. The meeting co...
How high can the Fed hike interest rates before a recession hits? This chart suggests a low threshold.
The days when the Federal Reserve could raise its benchmark interest rate significantly above 5% without sparking a recession may be a thing of the past, according to Wells Fargo Investment Institute....
Fed Triggers Stark $10,000 Bitcoin Crash Warning
Bitcoin BTC and cryptocurrency prices have been stuck in a holding pattern ahead of the Federal Reserve’s closely-watched Wednesday interest rate decision that could come with a $9 trillion bomb...