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The US raised the key interest rate by 0.75 percentage points all at once.

Because prices are rising much steeper than we thought.

Let's connect New York, USA.



Correspondent Kim Jong-won, I expected it to some extent, but it must be said that the US authorities put a lot of pressure on it.



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Yes, this is the first time in 28 years that the US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates by 0.75 percentage points all at once.



That's why I put super strong water.



As a result, the US base rate jumped from zero in March to the level of 1.75% from 1.5% for the first time in three months.



To explain one thing first, the US, which has regional Federal Reserve banks in each of 12 locations across the country, sets the base rate as a 'target range' in the form of a range, unlike Korea.



The Fed, which took a big step last month by raising interest rates by 0.5 percentage point, drew a line that there would be no 'giant step' at this time, but it seems that the CPI rose by 8.6% last week, which exceeded expectations.



Let's hear it.



[Jerome Powell/Chairman of the US Federal Reserve: The inflation forecast for this year has been raised significantly.

In response to this situation, we also raised the base interest rate significantly.]



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There was also a notice that interest rates would be raised a lot next month, but aren't there fears that the economy could be shut down while trying to keep up with inflation?



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Yes, it is.

Fed Chairman Powell gave a warning about a rate hike next month.



Let's go see it first.



[Jerome Powell/Chairman of the US Federal Reserve: I raised 0.75 percentage points today, but I think there is a high chance that the interest rate will be raised between 0.5 percentage points and 0.75 percentage points again next month.]



In the end, the Giant Step will be held next month as well .

It was predicted that we could step on it again, but he added that this is not common.



Although the Fed has shown this strong will to catch inflation, experts believe that such strong austerity will inevitably lead to a recession.



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New York Stock Exchange, which had been struggling recently, rose overnight.



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Yes, it is.



All three major indices rose to the 1-2% range as the New York Stock Exchange showed expectations for price stability right after the Fed's announcement.



However, right now, the market has not yet started, and the shock wave is terribly belated and is falling by about 2% from outside the market.



The European stock market also closed yesterday (15th) with a gain of more than 1%, but in today's market, right after the rate announcement, the US Fed's giant step shock was delayed and fell more than 2%.



(Video coverage: Lee Sang-wook, video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)