SQUAWK BOX, THURSDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER, 2022

The U.S. Federal Reserve increases interest rates by 75bps for the third consecutive month. The rate is now at its highest level since early 2008. Chairman Jerome Powell warns that the there will be more rate moves to come to tackle inflation. U.S. equities are down and the 2-year Treasury yield has hit 4 per cent for the first time in 15 years. The BoJ, however, holds rates at record low levels. At the UN, U.S. President Joe Biden leads global condemnation of Russia’s partial military mobilisation and threats of nuclear strikes.