Wall Street rises ahead of year's last barrage of rate hikes

Friday, December 9, 2022, Vol. 46, No. 49
The Associated Press

Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street at the start of a busy week where central banks are likely to unload the year's final barrage of interest rate hikes.

The S&P 500 rallied 1.4% Monday. On Wednesday, markets expect the Federal Reserve to announce a more modest increase to rates than it has been pushing through recently.

Other central banks around the world are also expected to raise rates by half a percentage this week, including Europe's.

Higher rates slow the economy and risk causing a recession if they go too high, all while dragging down prices of investments.