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1. After a lapse of three years, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points for the first time. All members agreed. Chairman Walsh emphasized that inflation was “too high and has continued for too long.” 2. White House spokesperson: The Fed's decision to raise interest rates is “quite unfortunate.” 3. Trump said interest rates should be 1% or less, and urged interest rate cuts to be cut quickly. 4. Foreign countries threw off US debt again, and in addition to China's holdings reduction, Belgium also lowered its positions. 5. Apple is considering returning to the server market and has already negotiated with Nvidia to adopt its network interconnection technology. 6. Amazon raised the minimum hourly wage for full-time core operations in the US to $20. 7. International oil prices fell significantly on the 16th. WTI crude oil futures fell $3.40, or 3.21%, to close at $102.43 a barrel; rent crude oil futures fell $2.92, to close at $105.83 a barrel, or 2.69%. 8. A number of banks provided $22 billion in chip-related loans to Blackstone Group and Google's parent company Alphabet. 9. The US House of Representatives received sufficient votes to pass the bill to implement a new round of “large-scale” sanctions against Russia and extend the current sanctions against Iran for 5 years.

Zhitongcaijing·09/16/2026 22:41:22
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1. After a lapse of three years, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points for the first time. All members agreed. Chairman Walsh emphasized that inflation was “too high and has continued for too long.” 2. White House spokesperson: The Fed's decision to raise interest rates is “quite unfortunate.” 3. Trump said interest rates should be 1% or less, and urged interest rate cuts to be cut quickly. 4. Foreign countries threw off US debt again, and in addition to China's holdings reduction, Belgium also lowered its positions. 5. Apple is considering returning to the server market and has already negotiated with Nvidia to adopt its network interconnection technology. 6. Amazon raised the minimum hourly wage for full-time core operations in the US to $20. 7. International oil prices fell significantly on the 16th. WTI crude oil futures fell $3.40, or 3.21%, to close at $102.43 a barrel; rent crude oil futures fell $2.92, to close at $105.83 a barrel, or 2.69%. 8. A number of banks provided $22 billion in chip-related loans to Blackstone Group and Google's parent company Alphabet. 9. The US House of Representatives received sufficient votes to pass the bill to implement a new round of “large-scale” sanctions against Russia and extend the current sanctions against Iran for 5 years.