The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

Some of the nation’s largest homebuilders are lowering prices, providing discounts and pulling out of land deals as higher mortgage rates on top of already sky-high home prices continue to take a toll on buyer affordability.

It's been a rough couple of weeks on the stock market, ending recently with a warning from FedEX about a downturn in the global economy that sent shares tumbling.

The Fed launched another 75-basis-point rate hike this week and signaled it would keep increasing rates until inflation is under control. The consecutive rate hikes are raising recession concerns. We think fundamentally solid stocks Bristol-Myers (BMY), AT&T (T), and Gilead Sciences (GILD), which have the potential to deliver steady returns…

The Fed’s aggressive rate hikes and stronger dollar pushed the oil prices down. Therefore, it might be wise to avoid fundamentally weak oil stocks Tellurian (TELL) and Camber Energy (CEI) before it’s too late. Read on….

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) suffered more heavy losses this week in response to another aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hike

These are difficult times for investors. Inflation is like a runaway freight train and COVID-19’s aftereffects are still creating supply chain problems. In response to these trends, the Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates with a frequency that hasn’t been seen in decades.

The Federal Reserve recently announced another 0.75% rate increase, which predictably sent the stock market tumbling. Higher borrowing costs eat into corporate earnings, which batters stock prices and sends investors into the alternative investment market.

Investors sold off shares in major real estate investment trusts (REITs) sold off after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced Wednesday that benchmark interest rates would go up by 0.75% to 3% and 3.25%. 

Rising concerns over stubbornly-high inflation and the Fed’s commitment to bring it down to its desired level have kept equities under pressure lately. Amid increasing recessionary concerns, investing in blue-chip stocks such as Procter & Gamble (PG), AbbVie (ABBV), Pfizer (PFE), Dow (DOW), and Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) could help…