Investment Updates
Despite Bank Fears And A Fed Hike, Stocks Climbed For The Week
Published Friday, March 24, 2023 at: 7:44 PM EDT
Despite the threat of bank runs and a quarter-point interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index closed a volatile week with a gain of 1.4%.
The Federal Reserve raised the target range of its benchmark lending rate by 0.25% on Wednesday, despite the sudden onset of bank runs that erupted two weeks ago, when a run by depositors at Silicon Valley Bank spread fears that a banking crisis could destabilize other banks and spread to other banks, destabilizing the U.S. and global economy.
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