witnessed The main indices on the Wall Street Stock Exchange fluctuated in their trading before retreating in the last 30 minutes of the session to close lowerwith investors seeking to absorb the impact of another massive interest rate increase by the Federal Reserve and its pledge to continue tight monetary policy until 2023 to combat inflation.
All three indices closed down more than 1.7%, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recorded its lowest closing level since June 17, and the Nasdaq and Standard & Poor’s 500 indexes closed at their lowest level since July 1 and June 30, respectively.
At the conclusion of its two-day meeting, the Federal Reserve raised the interest rate by 75 basis points for the third time, to a range of 3-3.25%.
Most market participants were expecting an increase of such magnitude, with only a 21% chance of a rate hike of 100 basis points.
However, the board also indicated its intention to impose more significant increases, as part of new expectations that show its intention to raise interest rates to 4.4% by the end of the year before reaching 4.6% in 2023.
These figures are higher than the Board’s June expectations of 3.4% and 3.8%, respectively.
At a press conference, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that US central bank officials are “strongly determined” to bring inflation down from its highest levels in four decades, and “will continue to do so until the job is done,” a process he has repeatedly said will not happen. No economic pain.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 522.45 points, or 1.7%, to 30,183.78 points, while the Standard & Poor’s Index lost 66 points, or 1.71%, to fall to 3789.93 points, while the Nasdaq Composite Index fell 204.86 points, or 1.79%, to 11,220.19 points. .
