Fed hikes interest rates for first time in three years in bid to tamp down inflation

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday issued its first interest-rate hike in three years, an effort to tamp down inflation that’s expected to raise borrowing costs for Americans just ahead of the midterm ...
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Bonds and stocks tumble as Bessent’s move to tamp down rising rates backfires

Bonds sharply sold off and stocks after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s latest effort to tamp down what he called market “fever” backfired.
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Fed's Schmid Says Choice Is Between Patience and Rate Hikes to Tamp Down Inflation

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - ⁠Kansas ⁠City Federal Reserve President ⁠Jeffrey Schmid said on Thursday that the U.S. central bank's choice now is between being patient and ‌holding interest rates ...
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Bessent’s move to tamp down rising rates backfires as bond yields jump and stocks tumble

"My job is to try to push things back towards equilibrium," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said this week. (Finn Gomez / Getty Images file) Bonds sharply sold off and stocks tumbled Wednesday after ...