Updated on: 08.01.2022 21:47 “Investors thought that this time too the Fed would wait a long time before it started reducing” Seth Wenig / AP
Investors returned nervous from the New Year’s holidays, and sharp falls were observed yesterday (Wednesday) in the leading Wall Street indices: Nasdaq fell 3.3%, S&P 500 lost 1.9% of its value. Yields on 10-year U.S. government bonds rose sharply from 1.49% on December 28 to 1.66% at Tuesday’s close of trading, and to 1.73% on Wednesday – the highest level since April 2021. Two senior economists disagree Regarding the future of 2022. According to Jonathan Katz, chief economist at Leader Capital Markets, the Federal Reserve’s warning against raising interest rates earlier than expected, published yesterday, came as a huge surprise to the markets. He says that “yesterday they published the minutes of the discussions of the members of the Federal Reserve, who expressed concern about rising inflation and hence …