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Bleak Week as Bitcoin Hits 3-Month Low

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The Fed Is Gearing Up for Another 75 Basis Point Hike

The conventional wisdom heading into that tuesday report last week was that inflation was going to show continued progress down. While prices came down in the energy sector, as anticipated, they proved devilishly intractable. Food, for example, remained extremely elevated. And most worrying, in some ways, surfaces were elevated as well. The market reacted incredibly strongly. On top of just a generalized stock market dip, markets also started pricing in the possibility of a 100 basis point, or one %, interstrate hike this week.

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