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Bitcoin price set to surge if Federal Reserve keeps rates steady

While gold prices have edged down, the price of Bitcoin stayed above US$28,000, its highest level in 10 months, for a second straight day on Wednesday, with experts predicting it might go up further if the US Federal Reserve does not raise interest rates this week.

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ASX finishes lower after Federal Reserve hikes interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, Brickworks reports record half-year profit — as it happened

The ASX finishes lower at market close, off the back of the US Federal Reserve lifting interest rates for the ninth consecutive time. Look back at the day's events and insights as they happened with our business reporters on the ABC News markets blog.

ABC News

Powell stresses commitment to cooling prices as Fed hikes rates

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates at a ninth straight meeting and indicated there may be more hikes to come in a clear sign it’s confident that its bid to quell inflation won’t deepen a nascent banking crisis.

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Federal Reserve bows to bank-crisis fears with quarter-point rate hike, letting up a little in its fight against inflation

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter-point on March 22, 2023, bowing to market expectations that it would temper its aggressive program of rate hikes amid a still-brewing banking crisis.

The Conversation

Fed Hikes Interest Rates Yet Again: What the Experts Are Saying

The Fed tweaked its hawkish policy on interest rates even as the fight against inflation took precedence over turmoil in the banking sector.

Kiplinger

Credit card debt is at record high as Fed raises rates again

As the Federal Reserve raises interest rates again, credit card debt is already at a record high, and more people are carrying debt month to month

The Independent UK

Federal Reserve raises interest rates by a quarter-point and calls banking system ‘sound and resilient’

The Federal Reserve raises the interest rate for the ninth consecutive time in an attempt to tamp down inflation while also dealing with multiple bank failures

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Watch: Jerome Powell holds news conference after Federal Reserve raises interest rates

Watch as Jerome Powell holds a news conference after the US Federal Reserve announced that it was to hike interest rates on Wednesday, 22 March.

The Independent UK

The Fed raises interest rates again despite the stress hitting the banking system

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage-point in an effort to curb high inflation. Some had called for the Fed to wait after two recent bank failures.

WEKU

Cathie Wood says Fed interest rates were an 'earthquake' for her ARK fund

Wood's ARK had a terrible 2022, and just like last year, the fund's future largely depends on what the Fed does next.

Fortune

Bank of England to make interest rates announcement this week - what can we expect

Your finances may soon be affected by the Bank's major decision this week

Manchester Evening News

MPs pressure banks over failure to pass on rising interest rates to savers

Senior MPs have stepped up the pressure on City watchdog, the FCA, over the apparent failure of high street banks to pass on rising interest rates to savers.

Evening Standard

Now the tide of money into the tech sector is ebbing, we can see who has no bathers on

Following an increase in interest rates, new start ups, old tech companies and SVB are facing hard times, says banking lecturer Maurizio Fiaschetti

The Guardian - UK

Inflation rises to 10.4% in surprise reversal of recent trend

The upward push is a result of food and non-alcoholic drink prices reaching their highest rate in more than 45 years

Evening Standard

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FTSE 100 Live: US interest rate hike, FTSE closes up 30 points, shock UK inflation rise

A surprise surge in the UK’s inflation rate today heaped pressure on the Bank of England ahead of its interest rates decision tomorrow.

The Guardian - UK

UK inflation rate in surprise rise to 10.4% as salad crisis pushes up prices

Increase confounds forecasts of a modest dip and adds to pressure on Bank of England to raise interest rates

The Guardian - UK

US Federal Reserve raises interest rate by a quarter point – business live

US central bankers must decide whether to push on with monetary tightening, or pause rate hikes amid banking turmoil

The Guardian - UK

Decision on interest rate rise on knife-edge amid banking crisis fears

While inflation remains high, traders are now uncertain if Bank of England and US Federal Reserve will hike rates – and how much

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The Independent UK

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause

The Conversation

Credit Suisse is an anomaly: why Australia and New Zealand are safe from 'bank run' contagion

There has been a lot of talk about the risk of financial contagion following the collapse of California’s Silicon Valley Bank. Perhaps too much talk.

Zenger

The Fed Struggling With Building Renovations Amid Rise Of Inflation

Rise in interest rates as the central bank depends on tax dollars for maintaining building and infrastructure.

Daily Mirror

Jeremy Hunt plays down economic crisis risk as Budget watchdog warns of 'stress' in system

The Chancellor said the UK is in a better position than it was during the 2008 financial crash with a 'resilience that there wasn't back then'. But the chief of the OBR warned the system was 'under stress'

Fortune

The bank collapses triggered by SVB have uncanny parallels to the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s

“The arithmetic behind it was timeless," George Ball of Sanders Morris Harris told Fortune.

Evening Standard

Fears of rate rise shakedown in global markets shift to US Federal Reserve as two-day meeting starts

Just Eat Takeaway is to lay off as many as 1,700 delivery drivers as the food delivery business wrestles with a slowdown in demand.

Bangkok Post

Analysts pick modest Fed rate increase

Kasikorn Research Center (KResearch) expects the Federal Reserve to increase interest rates by 0.25% on Wednesday to tame inflation as the banking crisis in the US and Europe has eased somewhat.

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