Fed Fund Rate to Peak at 5%?

Khoon Goh, Head of Asia Research, ANZ

22-Sep-22 07:30

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With Jerome Powell determined to bring inflation down and taking on very Volcker tones, markets were spooked with 2 Year Treasuries surpassing 4% for the first time since 2007. However will these aggressive rate hikes push the US economy into hard landing? Khoon Goh, Head of Asia Research at ANZ tells us whilst giving us insight into how Asian central banks and also currencies will react.

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Categories: markets, economy, Corporates

Tags: fed, jerome powell, interest rates,

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