Fed's Interest Rate Rises - Is That a Fair Criticism?

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Joseph Burrell, high representative of the EU spoke out against US interest rate rises. He said it was forcing central banks elsewhere to follow suit and hike more aggressively than otherwise. But Sam Allardyce says that's not a fair criticism - ECB policy is being driven by supply side factors. And so the ECB feels it needs to be hawkish and raise interest rates.

Britain’s largest global law firms are struggling to attract and retain staff in the US after the sterling’s drop in value, and the European Commission’s vice-president warned the Federal Reserve’s interest rate rises could lead to a global recession. Plus, the FT’s Taylor Nicole Rogers reports that higher mortgage rates are weighing on the US property industry.

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