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The Fox News Rundown

The Fed Hikes Rates Again, Inflation Battle Remains Top Priority

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates once again on Wednesday by 25 basis points, causing volatility in the stock market and surprising many experts who anticipated the recent bank failures might cause the Fed to change its pattern of policy. The Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell explained that while the banking turmoil did raise conversations about a pause in rate hikes, the central bank ultimately needed to remain focused on its priority of fighting "inflation pressures [that] continue to run high." The host of 'Making Money' on FOX Business Network, Charles Payne, joins the Rundown to discuss the consequences of another rate hike following banking concerns, the factors keeping inflation high in America, and the origins of aggressive action from the Fed. TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before Congress during a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing today. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have expressed concerns about users' data privacy and other security threats related to the Chinese government. Over two dozen states already banned the app from government devices; however, today's hearing could ban the app entirely. Founder and CEO of Applied AIC and cyber security expert John Cofrancesco joins the Rundown to explain how TikTok and other apps collect your data, why he supports legislation that would ban the app, and why he won't allow his own children to be on social media. Plus, commentary by Opinion Editor for The Washington Times Charlie Hurt. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Ainsley Earhart.

0:01.0

I'm Red Bear.

0:02.0

I'm Katie Pavlovich, and this is The Fox News rundown.

0:07.0

Thursday, March 23, 2023, I'm Jessica Rosenthal.

0:12.7

The banking system is sound, according to the Federal Reserve Chairman, but the recent

0:16.8

banking crisis loomed large over the Fed's rate hike decision, even though elevated inflation

0:22.2

still runs the show for now.

0:23.9

If banks can't compete with money markets, then that means it could be a bank run.

0:28.9

So they're in a delicate position, but to a degree, aggressive rate hikes by Jay Powell

0:33.8

helped put them there.

0:35.2

I'm Dave Anthony.

0:37.3

Could TikTok be banned?

0:39.8

Shoot it.

0:40.8

There's a hearing on that in Congress today.

0:44.4

When you're on your TikTok, just understand that your children are sending all of their

0:48.2

data right back to the Chinese Communist Party.

0:50.7

So that makes this particular apple, though there are many like it, quite risky.

0:55.0

And I'm Charlie Heart.

0:56.0

I've got the final word on The Fox News rundown.

1:03.0

With all the scary news out of the banking sector, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

1:06.6

and Signature Bank and First Republic being bailed out by other banks, the pressure was

1:10.8

on the Federal Reserve.

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