Stock markets chain another day of declines after the Fed's warning, which the banks celebrate

The main stock markets of the world have registered this Thursday a

after the minutes of the last meeting of the

United States

advancing a

due to high

.

"Based on their individual projections for the economy, the labor market and inflation, it could be justified to

with respect to what was previously anticipated," agreed the institution chaired by

in his last meeting on December 15, although they did not specify when that rise could begin.

On that date, the governors of the United States central bank left interest rates unchanged in the range

, despite the fact that inflation in the United States had remained at 6.8% in November, its highest rate of the last four decades.

They did make a decision to

, which will end completely in March.

According to the minutes of that meeting, the members of the Fed were also in favor of starting to

once the rate hikes begin,

"Some participants also indicated that it might be appropriate to start reducing the size of the Federal Reserve's balance sheet relatively soon once interest rates begin to rise," the minutes read.

Banks are unmarked from the red numbers

These signs that the Fed will begin to tighten its monetary policy earlier than expected, in the face of

that could be more persistent than it seemed,

despite the fact that they had already assumed that sooner or later the bank Central would start to raise rates after such a long time of monetary laxity.

Wall Street

today chains a

, with falls of 0.39% in the Nasdaq at the opening of the session after losing 3.34% on Wednesday.

The S&P 500 opened the session with a decline of 0.25%, after having fallen 1.94% the day before;

while the Dow Jones fell 0.38% in the first minutes of trading after falling 1.07% on Wednesday.

The red numbers have also predominated in the

with decreases of 2.88% in the Nikkei of Tokyo at the close, of 1.13% in the Kospi of Seoul and of 0.25% and 0.66% in the two mainland China stock exchanges (Shanghai and Shenzhen).

There were also general declines in all indices in Southeast Asia.

Hong Kong was the exception, with an advance of 0.72%.

In

, the session has been marked by falls except in

, where

from the opening slump and closed the day with a minimum decline of

The closings were negative in the rest of European capitals: the

stock market lost 1.72%;

that of

, 0.88%;

that of

, 1.35%, and that of

, 1.8%.

The Three Kings Day has been positive for

, who have celebrated that the Fed's minutes bring closer a rate hike that would be very beneficial for their business models.

In Spain, the promotions led by

(+ 4.27%),

(+ 3.1%) and

(2.78%).

Outside our borders, the acceleration of

in Germany stood out (+ 2.53%);

(+ 1.36%),

(+ 1.15%) and

(+ 1.86%) in France;

(+ 3.72%),

(+ 2.61%),

(+ 2.6%) and

(+ 2.12%) in the UK;

and

(+ 0.62%) in Italy.

The contagion effect was noticeable in the trading floors of the old continent despite the fact that, for now, there are no signs that suggest that the

is going to accelerate the tightening of its monetary policy.

The institution headed by

has already announced a

readjusting debt purchase programs and reducing the rate of acquisition, but has not yet spoken of touching rates.

He believes that inflation for the moment is transitory and watches closely

that could generate an inflationary spiral.

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