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Higher rates can reduce economic potential

Marketplace All-in-One

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News, Business

4.51.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2023

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Stocks fall; new research looks into long-term impacts of high interest rates; factory orders fall; oil prices rise.

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0:17.2

This is The Marketplace Minute. I'm Justin Ho.

0:20.6

Stocks closed down on Tuesday. The Dow fell more than half a percent.

0:24.6

The S&P lost 4-10% and the NASDAQ gave up almost a tenth of a percent.

0:30.0

All the interest rate hikes that central banks have been making over the last few years

0:33.6

will hold back economic growth for more than a decade.

0:36.7

That's according to research from the San Francisco Federal Reserve.

0:39.6

It says higher interest rates can inhibit research and development.

0:42.9

They can also cause workers to lose their skills if they get laid off.

0:46.6

Both of those examples can hamper an economy's potential.

0:49.8

US factories received fewer orders in July compared to the month before.

0:53.7

That's according to the Commerce Department.

0:55.3

That's mostly thanks to a big decline in aircraft orders,

0:58.0

which are volatile month to month.

1:00.0

And oil prices rose on Tuesday.

1:02.3

West Texas Intermediate futures rose to around $87 a barrel.

1:06.2

That's up from around $67 a barrel earlier this summer.

1:09.7

I'm Justin Ho with The Marketplace Minute.

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