This upcoming week, stock market and business news is anticipated to be dominated by the U.S. Federal Reserve and global central banks racing to hike interest rates in coordinated fashion in attempts to constrain demand and reel in inflation back to central bank target levels.
Already, Wall St. Journal reported and Fed “whisperer” Nick Timiraos has indicated that yet another outsized interest rate hike of 75bps appears to be on the way as the Fed plays catch up to the 2 year Treasury yield.
Fed Chair Jay Powell’s press conference commentary on Wednesday will again be scrutinized for any hints of the Fed’s plans to either slow or stop the pace of the current monetary policy tightening cycle.
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