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Experts Predict More Bank Runs, Will FED Hike Interest Rates?

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Banking Crisis To Deepen? Larry McDonald, a prominent market researcher and the founder of The Bear Traps Report, has voiced his concern regarding the FDIC’s desire to allow JPMorgan to take over more than 10% of deposits made by US citizens. McDonald brings up the special exemption the banking giant acquired from the FDIC, which further proves the existence of inherent desperation as the buyout bids over the weekend turned out to be incredibly weak. An unfruitful bidding could have made FRC wind up in government receivership. advertisement Read More: LUNC Developer Teases AI App Chain “Block Entropy”, LUNC Price Eyeing $0.1? In addition, while discussing his perspectives on the upcoming FOMC meeting, McDonald expressed his suspicion that the Federal Reserve needs to “tone down” their rate hikes because anything on the hawkish side might result in an even greater degree of financial instability in the market. Recently, the banking r...

Here is why Bitcoin price gave back all its intraday gains

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BTC price retraced the entirety of its intraday gains after Fed chair Jerome Powell issued hawkish statements in relation to today’s 0.50% interest rate hike. On Dec. 14, Bitcoin (BTC) price hit a 1-month high and saw a brief resurgence in bullish momentum, but the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) hawkish report and comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell sent BTC to an intraday low at $17,659.  Stocks and Bitcoin started the day slightly up but quickly retracted on the FOMC report. To date, Bitcoin price remains closely correlated to equities and a majority of investors have concerns about the impact of further rate increases in the future. BTC correlation to Dow Jones and S&P 500. TradingView Rising interest rates and hawkish talk from Powell impact BTC price While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed easing inflation at 7.1%, Powell still wants to reach 2% overall inflation. Inflation has been a determining factor in raising interest rates and the ...