Have nuclear capabilities, it is nearing that milestone in the nuclear arms according to the pentagon. I want to get Market Reaction from abigail doolittle. We were much higher before this report. How are we thinking . Abigail we are right around where we were before those headlines. The s p 500 about. 25 . The risk on rally we have seen in august, the s p 500 in august up about 7 . Itre we are really seeing for tech stocks, the nasdaq 100 putting in another alltime high. At this point the nasdaq 100 up almost 1 ,. 9 . Not surprisingly, this has everything to do with apple, up 2. 6 . Yesterday climbing after it split, investors liking its postsplit facelift. There is a four for one split. Now the stop is around one hundred 30 as opposed to 500. The value is not different, but the optics may be more attractive to retail investors. Bloomberg put out an exclusive report about the fact the company is preparing an iphone blitz for this fall, targeting 75 Million Units to be sold. Perhaps th
during his press conference. with us inflation running still well above the bank s 2% target, it sjob is not yet done. i think, as anyone can see, not a single person on the committee wrote down a rate cut this year, nor do i think it is at all likely to be appropriate if you think about it. inflation has not really moved down. it has not so far reacted much to our existing rate hikes, and so we re going to have to keep at it. most officials think two more rate hikes are needed this year, starting perhaps as early as next month. wednesday s decision ushers in a new phase in the fed s battle to lower prices follows a path carved out by central banks in countries such as australia and canada, which recently announced rate hikes following a break. michelle fleury there in washington, dc. the latest decision by america s central bank comes at a time when inflation is slowing but not as quickly as the federal reserve wants it to be. earlier, i spoke to blerina uruci of t.rowe pric
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A move that was expected. The current cost of borrowing now sits at five to 5. 25 , the highest in 16 years. But is the fed finally done with rate hikes . The bbc s Samira Hussain reports from new york. Inflation remains stubbornly high to try and get the cost of living back down to more normal levels. The federal reserve, americas central bank, has raised Interest Rates ten times in a little over a year. And now it seems it may be ready to perhaps take a pause. The committee will take into account the cumulative tightening of Monetary Policy, the lags with which Monetary Policy affects Economic Activity and inflation and economic and financial developments. We will make that determination. Meeting by meeting. The rate rises have slowed Economic Growth in the United States by making it more expensive to borrow money. And inflation is starting to come down. But there have been some unexpected Knock On Effects of the rate hikes. They played a part in the Banking Crisis where three banks