Power Breakfast: Dow Closes 500 Points Lower, Nasdaq Sheds 3% As Fed Chair Powell Signals Intent To Continue Hiking Rates

The US Federal Reserve raised the interest rate by 75 basis points for the fourth time in a row. Fed chief Jerome Powell also said that interest rate hikes will continue for now. After the action of the Fed, there has been a huge decline in the US market. Dow Jones fell by 500 points, lost 925 points from high, the Nasdaq is down 3.4% and the S&P 500 has shown a decline of 2.5%. The 10-year bond yield has crossed 4.1%. Europe fell 0.5-1%. The dollar index reached near 112. Gold fell 1%.