# Investors

By [World](https://paragraph.com/@world-2) · 2022-07-16

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What's happening: Investors see a growing probability that the Federal Reserve could hike interest rates by a full percentage point at its next meeting for the first time in the modern era. In June, the Fed raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point, which it hadn't done since 1994.

US stocks mostly shrugged at the news on Wednesday that consumer prices [jumped 9.1% year-over-year in June](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/13/economy/cpi-inflation-june/index.html), a fresh 40-year high and a larger increase than forecast. But policymakers indicated deep concern.

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"Everything is in play," Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic [told reporters](https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/feds-bostic-everything-play-july-rate-hike-options-2022-07-13/) on Wednesday.

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Previously, Fed officials had expressed worries about the consequences of a hike of that magnitude.

"I think the markets would have a heart attack," Fed Governor Christopher Waller [said last month](https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-fed-waller-rates-idUKS0N2UR08A).

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*Originally published on [World](https://paragraph.com/@world-2/investors)*