On the 23rd, the Tokyo stock market continued to raise interest rates significantly in the United States, and the Nikkei Stock Average fell as the view spread that the economy would slow down.
▽The closing price of the Nikkei Stock Average on the 23rd was 28,452.75 yen, which is 341.75 yen lower than on the 22nd.
▽ Tokyo Stock Price Index = Topics fell 21.15 to 1971.44.
▽ The daily trading volume was 974.31 million shares.
Market officials said, ``The Fed, which is the central bank of the United States, has been wary of an economic slowdown due to monetary tightening, as executives of the Federal Reserve Board have made a series of statements that it is necessary to continue to raise interest rates significantly to curb inflation. "Sentiment has rebounded, selling orders have spread, and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is speaking this week, and interest is focused on what he has to say about future rate hikes."