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Investors Turn Away from Crypto as Interest Rates Rise and Bitcoin Falls
Rising interest rates amid sluggish growth have turned investors away from riskier assets including bitcoin, which has fallen to a year-to-date low. Bitcoin dropped to a level not seen since July last...
How do higher mortgage rates help shrink inflation? Here’s an explainer.
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. The central bank raised the federal funds rate last week by...
Last Week [In] Crypto: Crypto Mining Brouhaha, Increasing Adoption Rates, Trouble with Coinbase NFTs, Central Banks Hiking Rates
It was an interesting week for cryptocurrencies with lots of happenings in almost every corner of the ecosystem between May 2 to 8. While keeping up with all the news might be a mountain to climb, Be[...
The Fed Raised Rates and Markets Freaked Out
Don’t miss CoinDesk’s Consensus 2022, the must-attend crypto & blockchain festival experience of the year in Austin, TX this June 9-12. Two newsletters ago, I ended the column with “Zo...
Crypto Weekly Roundup: Fed Hikes Interest Rates, LUNA Acquires More BTC, Solana Crashes, Investors Support Musk’s Twitter Bid, And More
It was an eventful week in crypto. Solana was once again plagued by bots that crashed the network for seven hours. On the other hand, LUNA is continuing its mission of bolstering its stablecoin reserv...
Latest savings rates | Financial Times
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US Mortgage Rates Spike Again as the Markets Respond to the Fed
In the week ending May 5, mortgage rates rose for the eighth time in nine weeks. 30-year fixed rates jumped by 17 basis points to 5.27%. 30-year fixed rates slipped by one basis point in the week prio...
Latest Isa rates | Financial Times
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Plenty of Catalysts to Help Push Treasury Rates Above 2018 Highs
(Bloomberg) — The relentless bear market in U.S. Treasury debt is on the cusp of a new phase, with yields across much of the maturity spectrum on course to crack above their 2018 highs and sever...
Mortgage rates go up again, but one economist says they’ll likely plateau soon
Mortgage rates go up again, but one economist says they’ll likely plateau soon The interest rate on America’s most popular home loan moved back up this week, reaching its highest level in nearly 13 ye...
US Fed hikes interest rates, Bitcoin plunges below $36K, and Argentina’s central bank says no to financial institutions offering crypto: Hodler’s Digest, May 1-7
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, pr...
Mortgage rates hit highest level in 13 years and could cool housing market
Mortgage rates hit their highest level since August 2009 this week, following a sharp increase in the 10-year Treasury yield and continuing a breakneck ascent since the start of 2022. The rate on the ...
Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Agency Proposes Higher Electricity Rates for Home Crypto Miners – Coinotizia
The anti-monopoly service of Russia has suggested that Russians minting digital currencies at their homes should pay more for the spent electrical energy. The proposal comes after the submission of a ...
Russia’s Anti-Monopoly Agency Proposes Higher Electricity Rates for Home Crypto Miners – Mining Bitcoin News
The anti-monopoly service of Russia has suggested that Russians minting digital currencies at their homes should pay more for the spent electrical energy. The proposal comes after the submission of a ...
Rates Are Rising and Stocks Are Taking a Beating. It Won’t End Soon.
Text size The market reacted violently to the Federal Open Market Committee, which hiked the federal-funds rate target by half a percentage point for only the second time this century. Spencer Platt/G...
The Fed raised interest rates – what to do now with your retirement portfolio
Inflation is rising, the stock market is volatile and now the Federal Reserve has raised interest rates – but investors, as always, should steer clear of any major changes, financial advisers said. T...
GBP/USD drops sharply after BOE raised rates further: what comes next?
The Bank of England hiked the interest rate yesterday, one day after the Federal Reserve delivered a historic 50bp rate hike too. After yesterday’s rate hike, the interest rate in the United Kingdom h...
US Central Bank boosted rates by 0.5 percent- more to come
The Federal Reserve of the United States hiked the benchmark interest rate for the first time in two decades on Wednesday. The FOMC decides to raise interest rates by 3/4 to 1 percent — Which was the...
Bitcoin Long Squeeze Incoming? Funding Rates Surge Up
On-chain data shows the Bitcoin funding rates have observed a rise again, suggesting that another long squeeze may be in store for the crypto. Bitcoin Funding Rates Show Relatively High Positive Value...
Fed Will Hike Rates Again; What Will Happen to BTC?
Leave it to the Fed to say something stupid that ultimately brings down the prices of bitcoin and many of its altcoin cousins. The world’s number one digital currency is now trading for just over $40K...
Here’s What Will Cost More As Fed Raises Interest Rates
Topline The Federal Reserve on Wednesday authorized the biggest interest rate hike in 22 years as part of its effort to combat the quickest surge in prices in over 40 years, doubling down on a series ...
Rising interest rates mean higher borrowing costs to buy a car
Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images On top of elevated prices for new and used cars, financing the purchase of one is about to get more expensive. With the Federal Reserve boosting a key interest rat...
Bitcoin (BTC) Price Spikes Following Feds agreement to increase interest rates
Bitcoin (BTC) has surged, courtesy of the Feds decision to increase interest rates. The cryptocurrency soared closer to $40,000, and is still sustaining gains at press time. Asides from the big bull’s...
Fed raises interest rates by 50 basis points
The Fed, following its first interest rate hike of 25 basis points, intervened more aggressively again on Wednesday with a 50 basis point increase. The Fed and its interest rate hike plan First intere...
Federal Reserve Hikes Interest Rates by 0.5%, Biggest Increase Since 2000
The United States Federal Reserve has increased interest rates by half a percentage point. Inflation is hitting the U.S. hard, and the central bank is looking at ways to stymie its effect on the count...
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...
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...
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...
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...