The US interest rate is raised to 4.5 percent

Published 15 December 2022 at 14.03

Economy. On Wednesday, the US central bank Federal Reserve announced a new interest rate increase of 0.5 percentage points.

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This means that it now ends up in the range of 4.25–4.50 percent, as expected.

In Sweden, the policy rate is still at 2.5 percent.

Stock markets on Wall Street went from plus to minus after the announcement and gold also retreated.

The Swedish Stockholm Stock Exchange fell slightly, but then plunged by 1.4 percent on Thursday.

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