Wall Street Opens Lower As Fed Member Backs Rate Hike
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published September 09, 2016 | 07:15 PM
NEW YORK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -9th Sept,2016) - Wall Street stocks opened slightly lower on Friday after a US Federal Reserve policymaker added to signs the central bank is likely to raise interest rates later this year.
Several minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.7 percent at 18,352.26. The broader S&P 500 was 0.8 percent lower at 2,164.90 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq was also 0.8 percent below Thursday's close at 5,219.25.
In a speech delivered Friday morning, Eric Rosengren, president of the Boston Fed and a voting member of the Fed's policy committee this year, suggested a rate hike could be appropriate to avoid an overheating economy.
"If we want to ensure that we remain at full employment, gradual tightening is likely to be appropriate," he said. The Fed is next due to meet on September 20-21 to consider changes to US monetary policy. Before the start of trading, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq observed a moment of silence in memory of those killed in the attacks of September 11, 2001.
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